Geraint Lloyd Owen is a Welsh-language poet, who won the Crown

Crowning of the Bard

The Crowning of the Bard is one of the most important events in an eisteddfod. The most famous such ceremony takes place at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, and is always on the Tuesday afternoon of Eisteddfod week....

 in The National Eisteddfod of Wales

National Eisteddfod of Wales

The National Eisteddfod of Wales is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.- Organisation :...

 (Wrecsam

Wrexham

Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...

 and District) 2011. He is a retired head-teacher and brother to the Prifardd

Prifardd

Prifardd, literally Chief Bard, is the Welsh title given to bards who have won either the chair or the crown in the National Eisteddfod of Wales.For a list of chaired and crowned bards, see Chaired Bards and Crowned Bards ....

 Gerallt Lloyd Owen

Gerallt Lloyd Owen

Gerallt Lloyd Owen is considered one of the best "strict metre poets" in Wales. He began as a "political poet" in the 1960s, often using Medieval forms or imagery for purposes of Welsh nationalism. His political works at times satirized the failings of the Welsh people, or Welsh history, rather...

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He was born in a farmhouse between Llandderfel and Sarnau, Meirionnydd

Meirionnydd

Meirionnydd is a coastal and mountainous region of Wales. It has been a kingdom, a cantref, a district and, as Merionethshire, a county.-Kingdom:...

, before moving to his mother's family home in Sarnau village. He attended the local school, then Ysgol Tŷ-tan-domen, Bala

Bala

- Places :* Balâ, Ankara, a town and district of Ankara Province in Turkey* Bala , another name for Segor or Zoara, one of the Old Testament "Cities of the Plain"* Bala, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom** Bala Lake, the largest natural lake in Wales...

, and trained as a secondary-school teacher at the Heath College, Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

. He taught at Machynlleth

Machynlleth

Machynlleth is a market town in Powys, Wales. It is in the Dyfi Valley at the intersection of the A487 and the A489 roads.Machynlleth was the seat of Owain Glyndŵr's Welsh Parliament in 1404, and as such claims to be the "ancient capital of Wales". However, it has never held any official...

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He won numerous local eisteddfod chairs, including Pontrhydfendigaid

Pontrhydfendigaid

Pontrhydfendigaid is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, lying on the River Teifi.It is known for the ruins of the Cistercian Strata Florida Abbey, founded 1164, where Dafydd ap Gwilym is said to be buried and Llywelyn the Great held a council....

, Lampeter

Lampeter

Lampeter is a town in Ceredigion, South West Wales, lying at the confluence of the River Teifi and the Afon Dulas.-Demographics:At the 2001 National Census, the population was 2894. Lampeter is therefore the smallest university town in both Wales and the United Kingdom...

, Gŵyl Fawr Aberteifi (Cardigan), Powys and the Urdd. He was headteacher of Ysgol y Ffôr, Pwllheli, and Ysgol Treferthyr, Cricieth, before taking early retirement in order to run Siop y Pentan in Caernarfon.