Ffeil / File AE/1 - Llythyr oddi wrth R. Williams Parry at Y Dinesydd Cymreig = Letter from R. Williams Parry to Y Dinesydd Cymreig

Ganed y bardd a'r darlithydd prifysgol Robert Williams Parry yn Nhal-y-sarn, sir Gaernarfon, yn fab i Robert a Jane Parry, a'i addysgu yng Ngholegau Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth a Bangor. Bu'n athro ysgol mewn sawl man, gan gynnwys Brynrefail, Cefnddwysarn, y Barri a Chaerdydd. Gwasanaethodd yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf o Dachwedd 1916 hyd Rhagfyr 1918. Ym 1922 fe'i penodwyd yn ddarlithydd yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Cymru Bangor, ac yno y bu hyd ei ymddeoliad ym 1944. Ystyrir R. Williams Parry yn un o feirdd disgleiriaf Cymru'r ugeinfed ganrif. Ennillodd glod ac adnabyddiaeth pan gipiodd y gadair yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1910 gyda'i awdl 'Yr Haf' (dan y ffugenw 'Llion'). Cyhoeddodd ddau gasgliad o gerddi, sef Yr Haf a cherddi eraill (1924) a Cherddi'r Gaeaf (1952). Rhai o'i weithiau mwyaf adnabyddus yw 'Y Llwynog', 'Eifionydd' ac 'Englynion Coffa Hedd Wyn'. (Am Hedd Wyn (Ellis Humphrey Evans), gweler hefyd dan y pennawd Cerddi'r Bugail o fewn yr archif hon.)
= The poet and university lecturer Robert Williams Parry was born in Tal-y-sarn, Caernarvonshire, the son of Robert and Jane Parry, and was educated at University Colleges of Wales Aberystwyth and Bangor. He taught at several schools, including Brynrefail, Cefnddwysarn, Barry and Cardiff. He served in the First World War from November 1916 until December 1918. In 1922, he was appointed lecturer at the University College of Wales Bangor, where he remained until his retirement in 1944. R. Williams Parry is considered one of the outstanding Welsh poets of the twentieth century. He won widespread acclaim and recognition on winning the Chair at the 1910 National Eisteddfod with his lengthy strict-metre poem' Yr Haf' ('Summer') under the pseudonym 'Llion'. He published two volumes of poetry: Yr Haf a Cherddi Eraill (1924) and Cerddi'r Gaeaf (1952). Some of his most well-known poems include 'Y Llwynog' ('The Fox'), 'Eifionydd' and 'Englynion Coffa Hedd Wyn' ('Commemorative Englynion [strict-metre verses] to Hedd Wyn'. (For Hedd Wyn (Ellis Humphrey Evans), see also under the heading Cerddi'r Bugail within this archive).