Gwenallt (1899-1968) (bardic name of David James Jones) was one of the most important literary figures in the Welsh language. 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... A bardic name is a pseudonym used, in Wales, by poets and other artists, especially those involved in the eisteddfod movement. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...

He was born in Pontardawe. As a result of his activities as a conscientious objector during World War I, he was imprisoned at Wormwood Scrubs and Dartmoor, an experience he wrote about in his 1934 novel Plasau'r Brenin. Looking north over Pontardawe Pontardawe (Welsh for bridge on the River Tawe) is a town in the Swansea valley (Welsh: Cwmtawe) in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales. ... A conscientious objector is a person whose beliefs are incompatible with military service - perhaps with any role in the armed forces (in which case he or she is either pacifist or antimilitarist) - or who objects to a particular war. ... Combatants Allied Powers: France Italy Russia Serbia United Kingdom United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg Reinhard... Wormwood Scrubs is a place in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London. ... High Willhays, the highest point on Dartmoor and southern England at 621 m (2037 ft) above sea level, with Yes Tor beyond. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

His poem, Y Mynach, won him the Chair at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1926, and he won the Chair for a second time in 1931. He was a founder member of the Welsh Academy, and edited its magazine, Taliesin, from 1961 to 1965. The Eisteddfod (from Welsh eistedd, to sit; plural is eisteddfodau) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

Works

Novels

• Plasau'r Brenin 1934
• Ffwrneisiau 1982

1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Poetry

• Ysgubau'r Awen 1939
• Cnoi Cil 1942
• Eples 1951
• Gwreiddiau 1959
• Y Coed 1969
• Cerddi Gwenallt: Y Casgliad Cyflawn 2001 (collected works, edited by Christine James)

1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Other

• Yr Areithiau Pros 1934
• Blodeugerdd o'r Ddeunawfed Ganrif 1936
• Detholiad o Ryddiaith Gymraeg R J Derfel 1945
• Cofiant Idwal Jones 1958