KENWARD, JAMES (Elfynydd; fl. 1868), writer and poet

Name: James Kenward
Pseudonym: Elfynydd
Gender: Male
Occupation: writer and poet
Area of activity: Literature and Writing; Poetry
Author: Ray Looker

who lived at Smethwick, near Birmingham, in 1868. His published works include A Poem of English Sympathy with Wales which was written for the national eisteddfod of 1858 at Llangollen; a collection, entitled, For Cambria: themes in Verse and Prose; and The Life and Writings of John Williams (Ab Ithel), which was originally published in the Cambrian Journal.

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Published date: 1959

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