Ieuan Dyfi

Ieuan Dyfi
Born1461
Diedafter 1502
OccupationPoet

Ieuan Dyfi (c. 1461? – after 1502?) was a Welsh language poet.

Poetry

Very little information has survived relating to Ieuan and his poetry. Ieuan composed five poems to a woman named "Anni Goch" in one of which he accuses how false women have been throughout history. Recent research has shown that Ieuan Dyfi was brought before a church court, where he admitted adultery with Anni, a married woman. His poems about Anni provoked Gwerful Mechain to respond with her poem "I Ateb Ieuan Dyfi am gywydd Anni Goch".[1]

References

  1. ^ Howells, Nerys Ann (2001). Gwaith Gwerful Mechain ac Eraill. University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. pp. 80–1. ISBN 9780947531416.

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