Peredur Ionor Lynch (born 13 January 1963) is a

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academic who serves as

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of Welsh & Medieval Literature in the School of Welsh and Celtic Studies at Bangor University.

Early life and education

Lynch spent much of his early life in

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in northern Wales and obtained a degree at Bangor University. He has won a number of

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Chairs, beginning with the

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Chair at Maesteg in 1979. His ''

awdl In Welsh poetry, an ''awdl'' () is a long poem in strict metre (i.e. ''cynghanedd''). Originally, an ''awdl'' could be a relatively short poem unified by its use of a single end-rhyme (the word is related to ''odl'', "rhyme"), using cynghanedd; ...

'' was received so well that in 1980 he was lauded as "one of the great potentials of Welsh poetry".

Career and research

Lynch, however, became best known for his academic career and his scholarly work on Welsh literary history. In 1985, he became a Research Fellow at the

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Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth (1985-1990), moved to Swansea to become lecturer in Welsh and in 1995 returned to his alma mater (Bangor), where he was also appointed as lecturer in Welsh. In 2003 he became head of the Welsh Department at Bangor (2003-2006), and in 2005 was appointed to a professor's chair. His scholarly contributions have focused on medieval and early modern Welsh poetry, notably that of the

Gogynfeirdd Medieval Welsh literature is the literature written in the Welsh language during the Middle Ages. This includes material starting from the 5th century AD, when Welsh was in the process of becoming distinct from Common Brittonic, and continuing t ...

or Poets of the Princes. He assisted J. E. Caerwyn Williams in preparing an edition of Gogynfeirdd poetry, the first to be published for Cyfres Beirdd y Tywysogion ('The Poets of the Princes series'), and made further contributions to the series. On the topic of prophecy in Welsh poetry, he has both led a research project (2002-2005) and read a paper in the 2004 J. E. Caerwyn and Gwen Williams Memorial Lecture. He is one of the editors of the '' Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. In 2001, Lynch published ''Cywion Nell'', a Welsh adaptation of

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's 1981 novel ''Mother's Boys''.

Personal life

Selected works

;Academic *1994. Ed., with J.E. Caerwyn Williams. ''Gwaith

Meilyr Brydydd Meilyr Brydydd ap Mabon ( fl. 1100–1137) is the earliest of the Welsh Poets of the Princes or ''Y Gogynfeirdd'' (The Less Early Poets) whose work has survived. Meilyr was the court poet of Gruffudd ap Cynan (ca. 1055–1137), king of Gwynedd. ...

a'i Ddisgynyddion''. Cyfres Beirdd y Tywysogion I. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. *2000. "Court Poetry, Power and Politics". In ''The Welsh King and his Court'', ed. T.M. Charles–Edwards, et al. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. pp. 167–90. *2008. Ed. with John Davies, Nigel Jenkins and Menna Baines. ''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. . *2007. ''Proffwydoliaeth a'r Syniad o Genedl''. Bangor: University of Wales, Bangor. ;Other *2001. ''Cywion Nell''. . *2017. ''Caeth a Rhydd''.

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