David Emrys Lewis (1887 – 12 March 1954) was a Welsh poet and journalist. He was born in 1887 at

Machynlleth Machynlleth () is a market town, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales and within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. It is in the Dyfi Valley at the intersection of the A487 and the A489 roads. At the 2001 Census it had a popul ...

which was where he attended school. He started his career in journalism by researching and writing for ''Montgomeryshire County Times'' but soon moved to

Port Talbot Port Talbot (, ) is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately from Swansea. The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which dominates the south ...

in 1916 where he became a representative of ''Cambrian Daily Leader''. He later joined the staff of the '' Western Mail'' but was also a part of several other newspapers in

South Wales South Wales ( cy, De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, south Wales extends westwards ...

. He won the crown at Neath National

Eisteddfod In Welsh culture, an ''eisteddfod'' is an institution and festival with several ranked competitions, including in poetry and music. The term ''eisteddfod'', which is formed from the Welsh morphemes: , meaning 'sit', and , meaning 'be', means, a ...

in 1918. In his lifetime, he married a woman named Margaret who was also from Machynlleth. They had two sons. Lewis died due to a grave illness at Gendros,

Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...

, on 12 March 1954, at age 67.

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1887 births 1954 deaths Welsh male poets Welsh journalists People from Machynlleth Date of birth missing {{Wales-writer-stub