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Poet from south-east Wales
A.K.A.
Brychan
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Llanwrthwl, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Age
80 years
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Biography
Bardd o dde-ddwyrain Cymru oedd John Davies(1784? - 20 Mehefin 1864), a gyhoeddai wrth yr enw Brychan.
Bywgraffiad
Brodor o blwyf Llanwrthwl yn Sir Frycheiniog (de Powys) ydoedd.Yn ddyn ifanc, symudodd oddi yno i weithio fel glöwr ym mhyllau Tredegar.Yno daeth yn llyfrwerthwr a chyhoeddwr a daeth yn ffigwr adnabyddus yng nghylchoedd llenyddol Gwent a Morgannwg.Roedd yn un o'r rhai a dderbyniwyd yn aelod o Orsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain yn 1818, flwyddyn cyn i'r sefydliad ffug hynafol, a sefydlwyd gan Iolo Morganwg yn 1792, gael ei gysylltu â'r Eisteddfod.
Roedd Brychan yn adnabyddus yn bennaf fel ffigwr cyhoeddus ac fel ffigwr eisteddfodol.Golygodd sawl blodeugerdd Gymraeg boblogaidd, gan gynnwys Llais Awen Gwent a Morgannwg (1824).
Llyfryddiaeth
Golygydd:
- Llais Awen Gwent a Morgannwg (1824)
- Y Gog (1825)
- Y Llinos (1827)
- Y Fwyalchen (1835)
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