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Wales Literature
Welsh literature encompasses works written in the Welsh language and those authored by Welsh writers in other languages. Notable figures include Aneirin, known for his elegiac poem "
by Carlos Mansilla 11 years ago
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It is called literary of Wales to the composed in Welsh language, or literary composed in other language by Welsh authors.
He is a novelist, his genres are: Thriller and historical fiction.
His most famous novels.
His works included: James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches, Matilda and Twits.
His genres were Children´s, adults literature, horror, mystery and fantasy.
He was a novelist, short stories writer, poet and screenwriter.
His most popular poems include 'Do not go gentle that good night´and 'And Death Shall have No Dominion'. He also included poetry in his famous play for voices 'Under Milk Wood´. He was influenced by the Modernism movement.
He wrote poems, short stories and scripts for film and radio.
The Battle the Catraeth, between Brythonic and Angle warriors.
Aneirin´s best known work is Y Gododdin, an elegiac poem.
He was a poet.
Since the later Middle Ages, the traditional Welsh poetic metres in strict verse consist of twenty four different metrical forms written in cynghanedd.
An awdl is a form of long poem, similar to the ode. The most popular metrical forms are the Cywydd, of 14th century origin, and the several versions of the Englyn, a concise and allusive verse form similar to the Greek epigram and the Japanese haiku and as old as Welsh literature itself.
