Emrys Roberts (poet)

Emrys Roberts (1929 – 30 March 2012) was a Welsh language poet and author, who was Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.

Born in Liverpool, Roberts grew up in Penrhyndeudraeth and studied at the Bangor Normal College before becoming a teacher. He twice won the chair at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, in 1967 and 1971. In 1987 he was made Archdruid and led the Gorsedd of Bards at the National Eisteddfod between 1987 and 1990 under the bardic name Emrys Deudraeth.

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1929 births

2012 deaths

Bards of the Gorsedd

Chaired bards

Welsh-language writers

Welsh writers

Welsh Eisteddfod archdruids

Welsh Eisteddfod winners

20th-century Welsh poets

21st-century Welsh poets

21st-century British male writers

20th-century British male writers

Writers from Liverpool

People from Penrhyndeudraeth