History of WalesHanes Cymru / Modern WalesCymru Fodern
1887–1917
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.
He was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele, 31 July 1917. His winning poem was ‘Yr Arwr’ (The Hero). His family farm, Yr Ysgwrn, is now open to visitors, with the black chair still in place.
Fe’i lladdwyd ar ddiwrnod cyntaf Brwydr Passchendaele, 31 Gorffennaf 1917. Ei gerdd fuddugol oedd ‘Yr Arwr’. Mae fferm y teulu, Yr Ysgwrn, ar agor i ymwelwyr erbyn hyn, gyda’r gadair ddu yn dal yno.
At the Birkenhead Eisteddfod the winning poet is announced as Hedd Wyn. He had been killed at Passchendaele weeks earlier, and the chair is draped in black.Yn Eisteddfod Penbedw cyhoeddir mai Hedd Wyn yw’r bardd buddugol. Roedd wedi’i ladd ym Mhasschendaele wythnosau ynghynt, a gorchuddir y gadair â lliain du.
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.
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.
A quarryman’s daughter from Rhosgadfan whose short stories and novels are the high point of modern Welsh prose.Merch chwarelwr o Rosgadfan y mae ei storïau byrion a’i nofelau’n uchafbwynt rhyddiaith Gymraeg fodern.