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 and University of 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". ["The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales". John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg77 ISBN 9780708319536]

Works

*"Oes y Medwsa" (1987)
*"Lleidr Tân"
*"Buarth Bywyd"
*"Trin Cerddi"

ources

*"Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" entry: Patrick Thomas, ‘Bowen, Euros (1904–1988)’, first published Sept 2004, 690 words

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