Goronwy Owen (1 January 1723 – 3 July 1769), who wrote under the bardic name Goronwy Ddu o Fon (Goronwy the Black of Anglesey), was an Anglican clergyman and one of the 18th century's most notable and influential figures in Welsh-language literature. He mastered the traditional bardic metres of the cerdd dafod ("tongue craft") and played an important role in the literary and antiquarian flourishing described as the Welsh 18th-century renaissance.
Goronwy Owen (1 January 1723 – 3 July 1769), who wrote under the bardic name Goronwy Ddu o Fon (Goronwy the Black of Anglesey), was an Anglican clergyman and one of the 18th century's most notable and influential figures in Welsh-language literature. He mastered the traditional bardic metres of the cerdd dafod ("tongue craft") and played an important role in the literary and antiquarian flourishing described as the Welsh 18th-century renaissance.
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