- Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal
Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal (?1430 - ?1480) was a Welsh
poet . He composed primarily in Welsh, but was also responsible for the first known poem in theEnglish language written by a Welshman.The "Hymn to the Virgin" was written by Ieuan at Oxford in about 1470.
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