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Thomas Edwards
1739–1810
A lively Welsh poet and dramatist remembered for turning everyday speech and local life into sharp, popular performance. Best known by the pen name Twm o'r Nant, he became famous for comic interludes that traveled through Denbighshire and beyond.
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Gwaith Twm o'r Nant Cyfrol 2
by Thomas Edwards
About the author
Born in 1739 in Llannefydd, Denbighshire, Thomas Edwards became widely known by his bardic name Twm o'r Nant. He wrote in Welsh and built a strong reputation as a poet, dramatist, and performer at a time when live popular entertainment traveled from place to place.
He is especially remembered for his anterliwtau—short comic interludes or plays—which he performed mainly around his native region. Those works drew on ordinary life, local character, and humor, helping make him one of the best-known figures in Welsh popular literature of the eighteenth century.
Edwards died on April 3, 1810. His work continued to be read and republished after his death, and he is still remembered as an important voice in Welsh-language writing and performance.