Occupation Poet Name Dewi Havhesp Nationality Welsh Role Poet | Genre Welsh poetry Died August 1884 Notable works Oriau'r Awen, 1877 | |
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Dewi Havhesp (1831–1884) was a Welsh poet.
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Life
Born David Roberts in May 1831 he spent his early years at 'Pensingrug' Llanfor, Bala, North Wales. He was the eldest of the eleven children of Robert and Margaret Evans, and through his mother, who was a grand daughter of William Edwards, he was related to the poet Robert Williams. He took his 'bardic name' Havhesp from the name of a stream near his boyhood home. He produced enough written poetry in the Welsh language to produce a book. The book Oriau'r Awen meaning Hours of Muse was first published in 1877, the most recent publishing was 1927. Much of his work was oral and therefore unrecorded. He died in August 1884 and is buried at Llandderfel in North Wales.
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