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{{short description|Welsh poet, Calvinistic Methodist minister, and archdruid}} |
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⚫ | '''Evan Rees''' (1 January 1850 |
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| name = Evan Rees |
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| image = Evan Rees (Dyfed).png |
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| office1 = [[Archdruid]] of the [[National Eisteddfod of Wales]] |
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| term1 = 1905–1923 |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1850|01|01|df=yes}} |
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| birth_place = [[Puncheston]], [[Pembrokeshire]], Wales |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1923|03|19|1850|01|01|df=yes}} |
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| occupation = Minister |
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| pseudonym = Dyfed |
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| language = [[Welsh language|Welsh]] |
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⚫ | '''Evan Rees''' (1 January 1850 – 19 March 1923),<ref>{{cite DWB |last1=Rhys |first1=James Ednyfed |title=Rees, Evan (Dyfed; 1850–1923), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and archdruid of Wales |id=s-REES-EVA-1850 |publisher=National Library of Wales |accessdate=2 August 2018 |date=1959}}</ref> known by the bardic name '''Dyfed''', was a Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and [[Archdruid]] of the [[National Eisteddfod of Wales]]. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Rees was born at [[Puncheston]], [[Pembrokeshire]], the son of James and Eunice Rees; they moved to [[Aberdare]] when he was a child and he began working in the local [[colliery]] at the age of only eight. Having moved to [[Cardiff]], he became a [[Calvinistic Methodist]] [[Presbyterian minister|minister]] at the age of 23 and gained his first [[National Eisteddfod]] victory in 1881.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} |
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In 1893, Rees participated in the Eisteddfod that was held as part of the [[World Columbian Exposition]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]], winning the Bardic Chair and a $500 prize for a 2,000 line ''[[awdl]]'' on the set subject ''Iesu o Nazareth'' ("Jesus of Nazareth").<ref>Hywel Teifi Edwards (2016), ''The Eiseddfod'', University of Wales Press. Page 31.</ref> |
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Rees went on to become the [[Archdruid]] of the ''[[Gorsedd Cymru]]'' and to announce the posthumous victory of [[Hedd Wyn]] at the famous 1917 "Eisteddfod of the Black Chair" in [[Birkenhead]].<ref>[[Alan Llwyd]] (2009), ''Stori Hedd Wyn, Bardd y Gadair Ddu'' (''The Story of Hedd Wyn, the Poet of the Black Chair''), page 13.</ref> |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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| title = Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales |
| title = Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales |
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| years = 1905–1923 |
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| before = [[Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn)|Rowland Williams]] |
| before = [[Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn)|Rowland Williams]] |
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| after = [[John Cadvan Davies]] }} |
| after = [[John Cadvan Davies]] }} |
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[[Category:1850 births]] |
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[[Category:1923 deaths]] |
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[[Category:Calvinist and Reformed poets]] |
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[[Category:Calvinist pacifists]] |
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[[Category:Chaired bards]] |
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Latest revision as of 00:45, 24 January 2024
Evan Rees | |
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Frontispiece of Gwaith Barddonol Dyfed vol. 2 (1907) | |
Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales | |
In office 1905–1923 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, Wales | 1 January 1850
Died | 19 March 1923 | (aged 73)
Occupation | Minister |
Writing career | |
Pen name | Dyfed |
Language | Welsh |
Evan Rees (1 January 1850 – 19 March 1923),[1] known by the bardic name Dyfed, was a Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.
Life
[edit]Rees was born at Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, the son of James and Eunice Rees; they moved to Aberdare when he was a child and he began working in the local colliery at the age of only eight. Having moved to Cardiff, he became a Calvinistic Methodist minister at the age of 23 and gained his first National Eisteddfod victory in 1881.[citation needed]
In 1893, Rees participated in the Eisteddfod that was held as part of the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, winning the Bardic Chair and a $500 prize for a 2,000 line awdl on the set subject Iesu o Nazareth ("Jesus of Nazareth").[2]
Rees went on to become the Archdruid of the Gorsedd Cymru and to announce the posthumous victory of Hedd Wyn at the famous 1917 "Eisteddfod of the Black Chair" in Birkenhead.[3]
Works
[edit]- Caniadau Dyfedfab (c. 1875) OCLC 502503798
- Gwlad yr Addewid a Iesu o Nazareth (1900) OCLC 21776293
- Gwaith Barddonol Dyfed (1903–1907) OCLC 55577536
- Oriau gydag Islwyn (1901) OCLC 819401047
- Emynau Dyfed (1924, posthumous) OCLC 39741895
References
[edit]- ^ Rhys, James Ednyfed (1959). "Rees, Evan (Dyfed; 1850–1923), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and archdruid of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ Hywel Teifi Edwards (2016), The Eiseddfod, University of Wales Press. Page 31.
- ^ Alan Llwyd (2009), Stori Hedd Wyn, Bardd y Gadair Ddu (The Story of Hedd Wyn, the Poet of the Black Chair), page 13.