Euros Bowen was a Welsh language

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

 poet.

Born in Treorchy

Treorchy

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, and a brother of the poet Geraint Bowen

Geraint Bowen (poet)

Geraint Bowen was a Welsh language poet.He was the nephew of Carmarthenshire minister David Bowen, and the brother of poet Euros Bowen. He was a Welsh nationalist, and during the Second World War was a conscientious objector, undertaking farming...

, he was educated in the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, and later at the University of Wales

University of Wales

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 (initially at University College, Aberystwyth before transferring to University College, Swansea) and Mansfield College, Oxford

Mansfield College, Oxford

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. He became an Anglican clergyman initially in Llangywer and was eventually Rector of Llanuwchllyn in Merionethshire

Merionethshire

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. He retired to Wrexham

Wrexham

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.

Euros Bowen won the bardic Crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales

National Eisteddfod of Wales

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 in 1948 for O'r Dwyrain and again in 1950 for Difodiant.

He edited the literary journal, Y Fflam, 1946-1952.

Sources

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry: Patrick Thomas, ‘Bowen, Euros (1904–1988)’, first published Sept 2004, 690 words