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- [1948x1952] (Creation)
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iii, 87 ff. (paginated 1-175) ; 160 100 mm.
Quarter-cloth and paper over boards.
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Yr oedd Robert William Parry (1884-1956), bardd a darlithydd o Dal-y-sarn, Dyffryn Nantlle. sir Gaernarfon, yn fyfyriwr ym Mhrifysgol Aberystwyth cyn symud i Fangor ac astudio dan John Morris-Jones, gan raddio yn 1908. Yn 1910 enillodd ei awdl 'Yr Haf' Gadair yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol ym Mae Colwyn. Bu'n athro yn y Barri, Morgannwg, ac wedyn yng Nghaerdydd. Rhwng 1916 a 1918 bu'n gwasanaethu yn y fyddin; ysbrydolwyd ef i lunio llawer soned ynghyd รข'i englynion er cof am Hedd Wyn yn ystod y cyfnod hwn. Yn 1922 cafodd ei benodi yn ddarlithydd ym Mangor, sir Gaernarfon, a symudodd i Fethesda, sir Gaernarfon. Cyhoeddwyd ei gyfrol gyntaf o gerddi, 'Yr Haf a Cherddi eraill', yn 1924, gan sicrhau iddo'r bri o fod yn fardd mawr. Cyhoeddwyd ei ail gyfrol o gerddi, 'Cerddi'r Gaeaf' yn 1952. Priododd Myfanwy Williams Parry (1898-1971) yn 1923.
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A notebook containing transcripts by D. Myrddin Lloyd of over eighty poems by Robert Williams Parry, mostly composed between 1924 and 1948, many of which later appeared in Cerddi'r Gaeaf (Dinbych, 1952). Details of date and place of first publication are appended to most of the poems.
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Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their readers' tickets.
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Welsh
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The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 22727A