Hedd Wyn
Sign in to saveWelsh poet who was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele (1887–1917)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Hedd Wyn is referenced by 79 other articles, and connects out to Snowdonia, Third Battle of Ypres and National Library of Wales.
Vinony files it under 1887 births, 1917 deaths and 20th-century British male writers.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- The Shepherds War Poet
- Cerddi'r Bugail
- Berger Poéte Combattant
- Compact Wales
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 21
Tags
poetcymraegcymru aka wales
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Evans
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Trawsfynydd
- Place of death
- Ypres
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Welsh
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Hedd Wyn 01(a-dg).JPG
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- Commons category
- Hedd Wyn
- date of birth
- 1887-01-13
- date of death
- 1917-07-31
- pseudonym
- Hedd Wyn
- archives at
- National Library of Wales
- different from
- Hedd Wyn
- place of burial
- Artillery Wood Cemetery
- birth name
- Ellis Humphrey Evans
- military casualty classification
- killed in action
- name in native language
- Ellis Humphrey Evans
- P12749
- Capodrise
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Snowdonia
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Third Battle of Ypres
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National Library of Wales
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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war poet
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Artillery Wood Cemetery
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Battle of Pilckem Ridge
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Belgium
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World War I
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Wales
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YouTube
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Liverpool
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opera
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International Standard Book Number
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Welsh
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Wikisource
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
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IMDb
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Wayback Machine
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Flanders
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Categories
1887 births1917 deaths20th-century British male writersBritish Army personnel of World War IBritish military personnel killed in World War IBurials at Artillery Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission CemeteryCalvinist and Reformed poetsCalvinist pacifistsChaired bardsDesertersMilitary personnel from GwyneddPeople from MerionethshirePeople from TrawsfynyddRomantic poetsRoyal Welch Fusiliers soldiersWelsh Eisteddfod winnersWelsh-language poetsWelsh World War I poets