History of WalesHanes Cymru / Modern WalesCymru Fodern
1914–1953
Swansea’s poet of ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ and Under Milk Wood.Bardd Abertawe, awdur ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ ac Under Milk Wood.
Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea in 1914 and published his first book of poems at 20. He wrote in English, but the rhythms of Welsh preaching and speech run through his work.
His radio play Under Milk Wood imagines a day in the seaside town of Llareggub, inspired partly by Laugharne, where he lived in the Boathouse. He died in New York in 1953, aged 39.
Ganed Dylan Thomas yn Abertawe yn 1914 a chyhoeddodd ei lyfr cyntaf o gerddi yn 20 oed. Ysgrifennodd yn Saesneg, ond mae rhythmau pregethu a siarad Cymraeg yn rhedeg drwy ei waith.
Mae ei ddrama radio Under Milk Wood yn dychmygu diwrnod yn nhref glan môr Llareggub, wedi’i hysbrydoli’n rhannol gan Dalacharn, lle bu’n byw. Bu farw yn Efrog Newydd yn 1953, yn 39 oed.
Welsh-speaking prime minister from 1916 to 1922 whose 1909 People’s Budget laid foundations for the welfare state.Prif weinidog Cymraeg ei iaith rhwng 1916 a 1922, y gosododd ei Gyllideb y Bobl yn 1909 seiliau’r wladwriaeth les.
Born in Haverfordwest, she painted quiet, intense portraits and is now ranked among the finest artists of her time.Fe’i ganed yn Hwlffordd. Paentiodd bortreadau tawel, dwys, ac fe’i hystyrir heddiw ymhlith artistiaid gorau ei chyfnod.
Ellis Humphrey Evans, a shepherd from Trawsfynydd, who won the eisteddfod chair weeks after he was killed in battle.Ellis Humphrey Evans, bugail o Drawsfynydd, a enillodd gadair yr eisteddfod wythnosau ar ôl iddo gael ei ladd mewn brwydr.
A miner from Betws near Ammanford who became a Labour minister and built the welfare state.Glöwr o’r Betws ger Rhydaman a ddaeth yn weinidog Llafur ac a adeiladodd y wladwriaeth les.