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Dewi Havhesp

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David Roberts
BornDavid Roberts
May 1831
Llanfor, Bala, North Wales, United Kingdom
DiedAugust 1884
Bala, North Wales, United Kingdom
OccupationPoet
LanguageEnglish and Welsh
NationalityWelsh
PeriodVictorian era
GenreWelsh poetry
Notable worksOriau'r Awen, 1877
ParentsRobert Roberts, Margaret Roberts
RelativesRobert Williams (poet), Gwilym Williams, William Edwards (hymnwriter)

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David Roberts (1831–1884) was a Welsh poet known as ‘Dewi Havhesp’.[1]

Life

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Born to a well known bardic family in May 1831 he spent his early years at 'Pensingrug' Llanfor, Bala, North Wales. He was the eldest of the eleven children of Robert and Margaret Evans, and through his mother, who was a granddaughter of William Edwards, he was related to the poet Robert Williams.[1] He took his 'bardic name' Havhesp from the name of a stream near his boyhood home. He produced enough written poetry in the Welsh language to produce a book. The book Oriau'r Awen meaning Hours of Muse was first published in 1877, the most recent (3rd edition) was published in 1927. Much of his work was oral and therefore unrecorded. He died in August 1884 and is buried at Llandderfel in North Wales.

Works

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  • Oriau 'r Awen gan Dewi Havhesp, published in Bala 1877
  • Oriau 'r Awen gan Dewi Havhesp, reprinted in Bala 1927 with a personal history of the bard as an introduction.

References

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  1. ^ a b Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Roberts, David (Dewi Havhesp; 1831-1884), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 January 2022.