Julyan Holmes is a Cornish

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and

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

.''Nothing broken: recent poetry in Cornish'', edited by

Tim Saunders Tim Saunders is a Cornish poet and journalist primarily writing in the Cornish language who also writes in the Welsh, Irish, and Breton languages. He is resident in Cardiff but is of Cornish descent. He is a literary historian and editor of 'T ...

; London, Francis Boutle, 2006. . This anthology contains two poems by Julyan Holmes and a brief biography of him. Born in 1948, Holmes has worked on such topics as Cornish

placenames Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of ''toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...

, the

Prophecy of Merlin ''Prophecy of Merlin'' (''Prophetia Merlini''), sometimes called ''The Prophecy of Ambrosius Merlin concerning the Seven Kings'', is a 12th-century poem written in Latin hexameters by John of Cornwall, which he claimed was based or revived from ...

of John of Cornwall, and the writings of the

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School. He is a member of

Gorseth Kernow Gorsedh Kernow (Cornish Gorsedd) is a non-political Cornish organisation, based in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which exists to maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall. It is based on the Welsh-based Gorsedd, which was founded by Iolo Mor ...

under the

Bardic name A bardic name (, ) is a pseudonym used in Wales, Cornwall, or Brittany by poets and other artists, especially those involved in the eisteddfod movement. The Welsh term bardd ("poet") originally referred to the Welsh poets of the Middle Ages, who m ...

of ''Blew Melen'' ('Yellow Hair').

Bibliography

*1973: ''An Lef Kernewek''. Redruth *1983: Julyan Holmes, ''1000 Cornish Place Names Explained''. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran *1988: Joannes Cornubiensis (Yowann Kernow/John of Cornwall); Julyan Holmes, trans. ''An dhargan a Verdhin / The prophecy of Merlin''; treylyes dhe Gernewek ha dhe Sowsnek a'n Latin a'n 12ves kansblyden gans / translated into Cornish and into English from the 12th century Latin . Gwinear:

Kesva an Taves Kernewek Kesva an Taves Kernewek ( Cornish for ''Cornish Language Board'') is an organisation that promotes the Cornish language. It was founded in 1967 by Gorseth Kernow and the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies. It is represented on the official lang ...

/ The Cornish Language Board (full parallel English/Cornish text) *1989: Julyan Holmes, ''1000 Cornish Place Names Explained''. Hyperion *2001: Joannes Cornubiensis; Julyan Holmes, trans. ''An dhargan a Verdhin / The prophecy of Merlin'', 2nd ed. Gwinear: Kesva an Taves Kernewek / The Cornish Language Board

References

1948 births Living people Bards of Gorsedh Kernow Cornish language Cornish-language writers Poets from Cornwall {{Cornwall-stub