Aneirin Talfan Davies

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Aneirin Talfan Davies (1909-1980) was a Welsh poet, broadcaster and literary critic.

He was the brother of Alun Talfan Davies, with whom he founded the publishing company, Llyfrau'r Dryw (later succeeded by Christopher Davies). Aneirin Talfan Davies, who was known by the bardic name of Aneurin ap Talfan, also founded the Welsh language periodical, Heddiw ("Today"). He worked for the BBC and produced broadcasts of early works by Dylan Thomas. Following Dylan's death, he wrote a critical study of Thomas as a religious poet. He also translated the poetry of Christina Rossetti into Welsh, and edited the letters of David Jones, whose influence can be discerned throughout his work.

He wrote an anonymous satire in the Western Mail (under the pen name of Theomemphus), to which he was a frequent contributor, following bishop Glyn Simon's attack on the workings of the Electoral College of the Church in Wales (1961). He was a prominent Anglican and Christian themes characterised much of his writing.

[edit] Works

• Eliot, Pwshcin, Poe (1948)
• Gwyr Llen (1949)
• Blodeugerdd o englynion (1950)
• Crwydro Sir Gar (1955)
• Englynion a Chywyddau (1958)
• Dylan: Druid of the Broken Body (1964)
• Bro Morgannwg (1972)
• Diannerch Erchwyn a Cherddi Eraill (1975)