Euros Bowen
Euros Bowen (1904-1988) was a Welsh language poet.
Euros Bowen was the brother of poet Geraint Bowen. From Treorchy in the Rhondda Valley, he was educated in the Presbyterian College at Carmarthen, and later at the University of Wales (initially at University College, Aberystwyth before transferring to University College, Swansea) and Mansfield College, Oxford. He became an Anglican clergyman initially in Llangywer and was eventually Rector of Llanuwchllyn in Merionethshire. He retired to Wrexham.
Euros Bowen won the bardic Crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1948 for O'r Dwyrain and the Chair in 1950 for Difodiant.[1]
He edited the literary journal, Y Fflam, 1946-1952.[2]
Works
- Oes y Medwsa (1987)
- Lleidr Tân
- Buarth Bywyd
- Trin Cerddi
Sources
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry: Patrick Thomas, ‘Bowen, Euros (1904–1988)’, first published Sept 2004, 690 words
References
- ^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg77 ISBN 9780708319536
- ^ Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales (1986), p. 199.
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