Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd)

Engraving of a portrait of Evan Evans
For other people with the same name, see Evan Evans.

Evan Evans (20 April 1795 – 21 January 1855),[1] was a Welsh clergyman, poet, hymnwriter, journalist, translator and devotional writer, who was three times chaired at the National Eisteddfod. His works were almost all written in the Welsh language, the poems being published under his bardic name, Ieuan Glan Geirionydd. Seven of his poems are included in The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse.[2] His best-known poems are perhaps Ysgoldy Rhad Llanrwst, Glan Geirionydd and Cyflafan Morfa Rhuddlan, and his hymns include Rwy'n sefyll ar dymhestlog lan and Mae 'nghyfeillion adre'n myned.[3][4]

  1. ^ Stephens 2006.
  2. ^ Parry, Thomas, ed. (1983) [1962]. The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 348–360, 529. ISBN 9780198121299.
  3. ^ Graves 1912, p. 153.
  4. ^ Stephens 1986, p. 188.