Ieuan Dyfi

Ieuan Dyfi
Born 1461
Died after 1502
Nationality Welsh
Occupation Poet

Ieuan Dyfi (c. 1461? after 1502?) was a Welsh language poet.

Poetry

Very little information has survived relating to Ieuan and his poetry. Ieuan composed five poems to a woman named “Anni Goch” in one of which he accuses how false women have been throughout history. Recent research has shown that Ieuan Dyfi was brought before a church court, where he admitted adultery with Anni, a married woman. This provoked Gwerful Mechain to respond with her poem “I Wragedd Eiddigeddus”.[1]

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