Julyan Holmes

Julyan Holmes is a Cornish scholar and poet ["Nothing broken: recent poetry in Cornish", edited by Tim Saunders; London, Francis Boutle, 2006. ISBN 1903427304. This anthology contains two poems by Julyan Holmes and a brief biography of him.] . Born in 1948, Holmes has worked on such topics as Cornish placenames, the Prophecy of Merlin of John of Cornwall, and the writings of the Penwith School.

He is a member of Gorseth Kernow under the Bardic name of "Blew Melen" ('Yellow Hair').

Bibliography

*Julyan Holmes, "An dhargan a Verdhin / The prophecy of Merlin", 2nd ed., Kesva an Taves Kernewek / The Cornish Language Board, Gwinear, 2001. ISBN 1902917197. (full parallel English/Cornish text).
*Julyan Holmes, "1000 Cornish Place Names Explained", Hyperion, 1989, ISBN 0907566766
*"An Lef Kernewek" Redruth, 1973

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