Peredur Lynch
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Peredur I. Lynch is a Welsh
academic specialising in Welsh literary history.
Lynch spent much of his early life in Carrog
in northern Wales and obtained a degree at Bangor University
. He has won a number of Eisteddfod Chairs, beginning with the Urdd National Eisteddfod Chair at Maesteg in 1979. His awdl
was received so well that in 1980 he was lauded as "one of the great potentials of Welsh poetry".
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 Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies at 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 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 Robert Barnard
's 1981 novel Mother's Boys.
Other
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
academic specialising in Welsh literary history.
Lynch spent much of his early life in Carrog
Carrog
Carrog is a village in Denbighshire, Wales. Formerly referred to as Llansanffraid-Glyn Dyfrdwy, as it lies within the parish of Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy, it takes its modern name from the Great Western Railway station on the opposite bank of the River Dee, which in turn took its name Carrog is a...
in northern Wales and obtained a degree at Bangor University
Bangor University
Bangor University is a university based in the city of Bangor in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales-United Kingdom.It was officially known for most of its history as the University College of North Wales...
. He has won a number of Eisteddfod Chairs, beginning with the Urdd National Eisteddfod Chair at Maesteg in 1979. His awdl
Awdl
An awdl is a long poem written in Welsh in one of the twenty-four strict metres, using cynghanedd. Such poems are considered among the finest work that a poet can aim to produce, and prizes are given at eisteddfodau for the best awdl....
was received so well that in 1980 he was lauded as "one of the great potentials of Welsh poetry".
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 Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies at Aberystwyth (1985-1990), moved to Swansea
Swansea University
Swansea University is a university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Swansea University was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes...
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 or Poets of the Princes. He assisted J. E. Caerwyn Williams
J. E. Caerwyn Williams
J. E. Caerwyn Williams FBA , was a Welsh scholar. His fields of study included the literatures of the Celtic languages, especially Welsh and Irish literature. He has published books in both English and Welsh.Caerwyn Williams was born in Gwauncaegurwen, Glamorgan in 1912 into a coal-mining family...
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 Robert Barnard
Robert Barnard
Robert Barnard is an English crime writer, critic and lecturer.- Life and work :Born in Essex, Barnard was educated at the Colchester Royal Grammar School and at Balliol College in Oxford....
's 1981 novel Mother's Boys.
Selected works
Academic- 1994. Ed., with J.E. Caerwyn Williams. Gwaith Meilyr BrydyddMeilyr BrydyddMeilyr Brydydd is the earliest of the Welsh Poets of the Princes or Gogynfeirdd whose work has survived.Meilyr was the court poet of Gruffudd ap Cynan , 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. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- 2007. Proffwydoliaeth a'r Syniad o Genedl. Bangor: University of Wales, Bangor. ISBN 978-1-84220-103-9
Other
- 2001. Cywion Nell. ISBN 9780948469718.