W. J. Gruffydd (Elerydd)

William John Gruffydd (born 1916), better known by his bardic name of "Elerydd", is a Welsh poet who served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales between 1984 and 1987.

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.

Works

Poetry

*"Ffenestri" (1961)
*"Cerddi'r Llygad" (1973)

Autobiography

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

Other

*"Folklore and myth" (1964)