Geraint Lloyd Owen

About Geraint Lloyd Owen

Geraint Lloyd Owen is a Welsh poet, also known by his bardic name Geraint Llifon. He is one of the most gifted and influential Welsh poets of modern times. He is also a retired head teacher and was the Archdruid of the Gorsedd between 2016 and 2019. He won numerous local eisteddfod chairs, including Pontrhydfendigaid, Lampeter, G?yl Fawr Aberteifi (Cardigan), Powys and the Urdd. He won the Crown in The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Wrecsam and District) 2011. His poems are familiar to most literate Welsh-speakers and are often quoted, especially those written at the time of the investiture of the Queen’s eldest son as Prince of Wales in 1969.
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