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Aneirin Talfan Davies (11 May 1909 – 14 July 1980) was a
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poet, broadcaster and literary critic. Talfan Davies was brought up in
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. During the 1930s Davies worked in
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as a
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before returning to Wales and settling in
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. He was the brother of Sir Alun Talfan Davies QC, with whom he founded the publishing company, ''Llyfrau'r Dryw'' (later succeeded by ). Aneirin Talfan Davies, who was known by the
bardic name A bardic name (, ) is a pseudonym used in Wales, Cornwall, or Brittany by poets and other artists, especially those involved in the eisteddfod movement. The Welsh term bardd ("poet") originally referred to the Welsh poets of the Middle Ages, who m ...
of Aneurin ap Talfan, also founded the
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periodicals, ''Heddiw'' () and ''
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'' (). He was Head of Programmes Wales at the
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and produced broadcasts of early works by
Dylan Thomas Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" ''Under ...
. Following Thomas's death, he wrote a critical study of Thomas as a religious poet. He also translated the poetry of
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into Welsh, and edited the letters of the artist and poet David Jones, whose influence can be discerned throughout his work. He wrote an anonymous satire in the '' Western Mail'' (under the pen name of Theomemphus), to which he was a frequent contributor, following Bishop
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's attack on the workings of the Electoral College of the
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(1961). He was a prominent Anglican and Christian themes characterised much of his writing. He was a regular worshipper at Eglwys Dewi Sant in Cardiff and at
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. His son,
Geraint Talfan Davies Geraint Talfan Davies OBE DL (born 30 December 1943) is a Welsh journalist and broadcaster, and a long-serving trustee and chairman of many Welsh civic, arts, media and cultural organisations. Personal life and education Geraint Talfan Davies ...
was Controller of
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from 1990 to 2000, co-founder of Glas Cymru (a predecessor of the now Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water), co-founder of the
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, and Chairman of the
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.


Works

*''Eliot, Pwshcin, Poe'' (1948) *''Gwyr Llen'' (1949) *''Blodeugerdd o englynion'' (1950) *''Crwydro Sir Gar'' (1955) *''Englynion a Chywyddau'' (1958) *''Dylan: Druid of the Broken Body'' (1964) *''Bro Morgannwg'' (1972) *''Diannerch Erchwyn a Cherddi Eraill'' (1975)


References


1909 births 1980 deaths 20th-century Welsh poets {{Wales-writer-stub