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'Rhiwle yn Ffrainc' written by Hedd Wyn,

  • BMSS/23333(a).
  • File
  • 1917.

The letter provides a poet's view of the life 'behind the line' and yet heroically does not reveal the actual horrors of the trenches, but focuses on the few small moments of beauty that the poet finds to contemplate and share with the reader.

Hedd Wyn, 1887-1917

'Yr Arwr' by Hedd Wyn,

  • BMSS/23333(c).
  • File
  • 1917.

A draft of the Eisteddfod Chair winning awdl, in the poet's own hand.

Hedd Wyn, 1887-1917

Ellis Humphrey Evans (Hedd Wyn): Barddoniaeth

  • NLW MS 4628C
  • File
  • 20 cent.

Autograph poetry by Ellis Humphrey Evans (Hedd Wyn) (1887-1917), Trawsfynydd, including Yr Arwr, the awdl which was awarded the chair at the National Eisteddfod at Birkenhead, 1917, after the death of the author in France; a collection of other poetry by Hedd Wyn transcribed by J. R. Jones, Trawsfynydd.

Hedd Wyn, 1887-1917