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Taliesin
Taliesin ( , ; 6th century AD) was an early Brittonic poet of Sub-Roman Britain whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin. Taliesin was a renowned bard who is believed to have sung at the courts of at least three kings. Taliesin means "shining brow" in Welsh.
Iolo Morganwg
Welsh antiquarian and poet (1747–1826)
Dafydd ap Gwilym
14th-century Welsh poet
Aneirin
Aneirin (), also rendered as Aneurin or Neirin and Aneurin Gwawdrydd, was an early Medieval Brythonic war poet who lived during the 6th century. He is believed to have been a bard or court poet in one of the Cumbric kingdoms of the Old North, probably that of Gododdin at Edinburgh, in modern Scotland. From the 17th century, he was usually known as Aneurin.
Saunders Lewis
Welsh writer and politician (1893-1985)
Hedd Wyn
Welsh poet who was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele (1887–1917)
William Williams Pantycelyn
Welsh hymnwriter (1717-1791)
Owain Owain
Welsh novelist, short story writer and poet (1929–1993)
Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd
poet
Robin Llwyd ab Owain
Welsh author, poet, and Wikipedian
Alan Llwyd
Welsh poet (born 1948)
Richard Gwyn
Welsh Catholic martyr and bard
Ann Griffiths
Welsh language hymn writer from Powys, Wales (1776–1805)
Waldo Williams
Welsh poet (1904–1971)
T. Gwynn Jones
Welsh academic and writer (1871–1949)
John Jones
right|thumb|Talhaiarn thumb|280x280px|Monument to John Jones, Llanfair Talhaearn, c.1875 John Jones (19 January 1810 – October 1869), known by his bardic name of Talhaiarn, was a Welsh poet and architect.
Mererid Hopwood
Welsh poet, lecturer and author
Gwerful Mechain
Welsh poet
Iolo Goch
Welsh bard
T. Llew Jones
Welsh children's writer (1915–2009)
Meilyr Brydydd
Welsh poet
Gwynn ap Gwilym
Welsh language poet, novelist, editor and translator (1950–2016)
Twm o'r Nant
Welsh dramatist and poet
David Owen
Welsh poet and farmer
Menna Elfyn
Welsh poet
Gwyn Thomas
Welsh poet (1936–2016)
Morgan Llwyd
Welsh Puritan preacher, poet and prose writer (1619–1659)
Richard Bryn Williams
writer (1902–1981)
Lewis Morris
Welsh cartographer (1701–1765)
D. Gwenallt Jones
Welsh bard (1899–1968)
Gerallt Lloyd Owen
Welsh poet (1944-2014)
Robert Williams
Welsh poet, born 1830 (1830–1877)
Sarah Jane Rees
Welsh poet, editor
John Blackwell
British writer
Gwyn Williams
Welsh poet, novelist, translator and academic (1904–1990)
Dic Jones
Welsh poet and Archdruid (1934–2009)
Jerry Hunter
American academic, Welsh-language prose writer
Eliseus Williams
Welsh poet (1867–1926)
Ifor ap Glyn
Welsh poet and television producer/presenter
Robert Jones
Welsh writer (1824–1905)
R. Williams Parry
Welsh poet (1884–1956)
Lewys Glyn Cothi
Welsh writer
Dafydd Benfras
Welsh poet