Emrys Roberts (1929 – 30 March 2012) was a

Welsh language Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language family, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut P ...

poet and author, who was Archdruid of the

National Eisteddfod of Wales The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh language, Welsh: ') is the largest of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales. Its eight days of competitions and performances are considered the largest music and poetry festival in Eur ...

. Born in

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, Roberts grew up in Penrhyndeudraeth and studied at the Bangor Normal College before becoming a teacher.John Rowlands, ''The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry'', p.221 He twice won the chair at the

, in 1967 and 1971. In 1987 he was made Archdruid and led the

Gorsedd of Bards A gorsedd (, plural ''gorseddau'') is a community or meeting of modern-day bards. The word is of Welsh origin, meaning "throne". It is spelled gorsedh in Cornish and goursez in Breton. When the term is used without qualification, it usually r ...

at the National Eisteddfod between 1987 and 1990 under the bardic name Emrys Deudraeth.

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