Evan Bevan (1803–1866) was a Welsh writer of satirical verse in the Welsh language.

Life and work

Bevan was born into a poor family: his parents were William and Gwenllian Bevan of

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. As a young adult he moved to

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and married there Ann Ifan, a butcher's daughter. He later moved to the Pontneathvaughan area. Bevan gained a mainly local reputation as a writer of satirical verse under the pseudonym Ianto'r Castell, some of which is archived at the

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. He died at Pontneathvaughan in October 1866.

References

19th-century Welsh poets Welsh satirists 1803 births 1866 deaths Place of birth missing Date of birth missing Date of death missing {{Wales-poet-stub