Guto Dafydd (born c.1990) is a

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poet and novelist, who writes in the

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. He has twice won the Crown at the

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and is twice winner of the

Daniel Owen Prize Daniel Owen (20 October 1836 – 22 October 1895) was a Welsh novelist. He is generally regarded as the foremost Welsh-language novelist of the 19th century, and as the first significant novelist to write in Welsh. Early life Daniel Owen was bor ...

for a novel.

Background

Guto Dafydd was born in

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and began winning prizes for both poetry and prose in local competitions while he was still a pupil at Ysgol Uwchradd Glan y Mor. In 2013, the year before his first National Eisteddfod win, he won the Urdd National Eisteddfod Crown. Guto Dafydd has a wife named Lisa and two children, Casi Mallt and Nedw Lludd. He works for the Welsh Language Commissioner. In 2015 he was diagnosed with

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, which resulted in his having to undergo

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; he used this experience in his novel, ''Ymbelydredd'', which won the

(Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen) in the following year. When he was awarded the crown in 2014, he became one of the youngest ever winners. His second win was in 2019, when he performed a double by also winning the Daniel Owen Prize for ''Carafanio''.

Works

Source:

Poetry

*''Ni Bia’r Awyr'' (Cyhoeddiadau Barddas, 2014)

Novels

*''Jac'' (Y Lolfa, 2014) *''Stad'' (Y Lolfa, 2015) *''Ymbelydredd'' (Y Lolfa, 2016) *''Carafanio'' (Y Lolfa, 2019)

References

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