David Owen (Dewi Wyn o Eifion) (1784 – 17 January 1841) was a Welsh poet and farmer. He is noted for developing two traditional Welsh verse forms: the awdl and the

englyn (; plural ) is a traditional Welsh and Cornish short poem form. It uses quantitative metres, involving the counting of syllables, and rigid patterns of rhyme and half rhyme. Each line contains a repeating pattern of consonants and accent know ...

Conversion

A dispute over an award, between him and members of the

Gwyneddigion Society The Gwyneddigion Society ( cy, Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion) was a London-based Welsh literary and cultural society. The original society was founded in 1770 and wound up in 1843. It was briefly revived in 1978. Its proceedings were conducted through ...

, led to him largely give up poetry in 1823, although he did resume it in 1832. He had long been drawn to the Baptist faith and converted to it a year before he died.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Owen (Dewi Wyn o Eifion), David Welsh-language poets Welsh-language writers Welsh farmers Welsh Baptists People from Gwynedd 1784 births 1841 deaths 19th-century Baptists