Donald Evans (Welsh poet) explained

Donald Evans (born 1940) is a Welsh poet, who writes in the Welsh language.

Evans comes from Talgarreg in Ceredigion, and was born on a farm.^[1] After going to school at Aberaeron, he obtained his degree in Welsh from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.^[2] Between 1966 and 1972 he produced the periodical Y Cardi. He won the "double" of crown and chair twice, once at the 1977 National Eisteddfod of Wales and again in 1980; he is one of only three poets to have achieved this "double double".^[3]

In 2006 Evans was awarded a PhD by the University of Wales, Lampeter, for his work on strict-metre Welsh poetry submitted to eisteddfodau in the years 1955 - 1999.^[4]

Works

• Parsel Persain (ed.) (1976)
• Y Flodeugerdd o Gywyddau (ed.) (1981)
• Seren Poets Series 2 (with Desmond Graham and Simon Rae) (1990)
• Writers of Wales: Rhydwen Williams (1991)
• Wrth Reddf (1994)
• Y Cyntefig Cyfoes (2000)

Notes and References

1. Book: Modern Poetry in Translation. 1995. King's College London. 39.
2. Book: Donald Evans. Rhydwen Williams. 1991. University of Wales Press. 83. 9780708311318 .
3. http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/957/ National Museum of Wales: Some facts and figures regarding Gorsedd ceremonies
4. http://www.rae.ac.uk/submissions/ra5a.aspx?id=56&type=uoa&subid=3617 University of Wales, Lampeter, since 2010, known as University of Wales Trinity St David UOA 56 - Celtic Studies: RA5a: Research environment and esteem