W. J. Gruffydd, Welsh poet died he was , 94.

William John Gruffydd  better known by his bardic name of Elerydd, was a Welsh Baptist minister and poet who served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales between 1984 and 1987 died he was , 94.
Like all Archdruids, Elerydd was himself the winner of a major prize at the National Eisteddfod, in his case the crown at the Pwllheli Eisteddfod in 1955 and at Cardiff in 1960.

(1916  – 21 April 2011)

Works

 Poetry

• Ffenestri (1961)
• Cerddi'r Llygad (1973)

 Autobiography

• Meddylu (1986)
• O Ffair Rhos i'r Maen Llog (2003)

Other

• Folklore and myth (1964)

• Tua Soar (1994-7) Capel Soar y Mynydd, Ceredigion.

 

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