The Oscar nominated film Hedd Wyn will be showing at the Memorial Hall on 7th March. The cawl and cinema evening is one of a series of events this year to commemorate the centenary of the opening of the Hall. It therefore seems timely for Cymdeithas to remember Wales’ most famous pacifist too.
Ellis Humphreys Evans is better known more by his bardic name of Hedd Wyn. An award-winning poet from a young age, he posthumously won the bardic chair at the National Eisteddfod held in Birkenhead in 1917 for his poem ‘Yr Arwr’ (The hero). It was just 6 weeks after his death on the battle field in Passchendale.
The Eisteddfod chair was covered in black cloth during the ceremony and has been known as Y Gadair Ddu (the Black Chair) ever since.
You can read and indeed hear more in the link below; a blog by historical fiction writer, S E Morgan. This includes the performance of a song, Fleur-de-lys, played on the harp and inspired by the poet.
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