Eluned Phillips

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Eluned Phillips (27 October 1914 – 10 January 2009) was the only woman to win the bardic crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales twice, a feat she accomplished in 1967 at Bala and 1983 at Llangefni.^[1]

Phillips was born in Cenarth, on the same day that Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea. She knew Thomas well, but did not number him among her close friends.^[2] Her friends included Augustus John and Edith Piaf. She died of pneumonia aged 94 at Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen. At the time of her death she was the oldest member of the Gorsedd of Bards.

Works

Cerddi Glyn-y-Mêl (1985)
The Reluctant Redhead (2007) (memoirs)

References

↑ BBC Wales
↑ Newstin

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Name	Phillips, Eluned
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Short description	British poet
Date of birth	27 October 1914
Place of birth
Date of death	10 January 2009
Place of death

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