biography
| name: |
Prys-Jones, Arthur Glyn
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pronunciation:
[prees]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1888–1987)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Denbigh, Denbighshire, NC Wales, UK. He studied at Oxford, became a teacher, and edited the first anthology of Anglo-Welsh poetry, Welsh Poets (1917). He published six volumes of his own, including Poems of Wales (1923), High Heritage (1969), and Valedictory Verses (1978). The doyen of Anglo-Welsh writers, he was president of the Welsh Academy from 1970 until his death. |
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