History of WalesHanes Cymru / Modern WalesCymru Fodern
1913–2000
An Anglican priest in hill parishes and on Pen Llŷn, and one of the great poets in English of the 20th century.Offeiriad Anglicanaidd mewn plwyfi mynyddig ac ym Mhen Llŷn, ac un o feirdd Saesneg mawr yr ugeinfed ganrif.
His poems are spare and searching, about God, farmers and a Wales he feared was losing itself. He learned Welsh as an adult and wrote his prose autobiography in it. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Mae ei gerddi’n gynnil ac yn chwilgar, am Dduw, ffermwyr a Chymru yr ofnai ei bod yn colli’i hun. Dysgodd Gymraeg yn oedolyn ac ysgrifennodd ei hunangofiant rhyddiaith ynddi. Cafodd ei enwebu ar gyfer Gwobr Nobel am Lenyddiaeth.
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.