Evan Rees (Dyfed)

Evan Rees (1 January 1850 – 19 March 1923),[1] known by the bardic name Dyfed, was a Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.

Frontispiece of Gwaith Barddonol Dyfed vol. 2 (1907)

Early life

He was born at Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, the son of James and Eunice Rees; they moved to Aberdare when he was a child and he became a colliery worker at the age of only eight. Having moved to Cardiff, he became a minister at the age of 23 and gained his first National Eisteddfod prize in 1881.

Works

Caniadau Dyfedfab (c. 1875) OCLC 502503798
Gwlad yr Addewid a Iesu o Nazareth (1900) OCLC 21776293
Gwaith Barddonol Dyfed (1903–1907) OCLC 55577536
Oriau gydag Islwyn (1901) OCLC 819401047
Emynau Dyfed (1924, posthumous) OCLC 39741895

References

Rhys, James Ednyfed (1959). "Rees, Evan (Dyfed; 1850 - 1923), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and archdruid of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

Preceded by Rowland Williams	Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales 1905 - 1923	Succeeded by John Cadvan Davies

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[1] Rhys, James Ednyfed (1959). "Rees, Evan (Dyfed; 1850 - 1923), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and archdruid of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2018.