Vernon Watkins, writer with a connection to Wales (Maesteg)

Vernon Watkins

Poetry. Ballad of Mari Lwyd (1941), Death Bell (1954), and Affinities (1962).

Connection: Born in Maesteg in 1907 and lived on Gower.

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comment by:JohnAntony
Regarded as one of the greatest Welsh poets in English. Long overshadowed by his friend Dylan Thomas.