An Empty Chair — The Story of Welsh First World War Poet Hedd Wyn

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Nofel ar gyfer yr arddegau am y bardd Hedd Wyn, a fu farw ar 31 Gorffennaf 1917 ym Mrwydr Pilckem yn ystod y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Young adult novel about poet Hedd Wyn, with vivid narration by his teenage sister Anni bringing the World War I setting to life. It centres on her relationships with older brother Ellis (Hedd Wyn) and best friend Lora, and on difficult decisions they have to face re family, friendship, love and honesty, as well the impact of the war on their community.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Haf Llewelyn grew up near Harlech and now lives near Bala. She is the author of several popular Welsh-language stories and novels for children and some for adults, as well as some poetry. This is her first novel in English. Before becoming a full-time author, Haf was a primary school teacher.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

A historical novel for young adults. Ellis is a poet, but when the First World War arrives, he has join up and go to fight like dozens of other young men from rural Trawsfynydd. His teenage sister Anni longs to have him home again on their family farm, Yr Ysgwrn, especially after seeing the terrible effect of the war on her best friend Lora’s father. Meanwhile Ellis is in the trenches in Belgium, hoping to make it home safely to his sweetheart Jini, and to win the Chair at the National Eisteddfod – the most important prize in Welsh poetry... The original Welsh-language version of the novel (Diffodd y Sêr, Y Lolfa, 2013) is highly critically acclaimed and won the Tir na n-Og secondary fiction prize in 2014. Since 2015, it has been a set text on the Welsh Literature GCSE syllabus. A farmer’s son from Trawsfynydd, Hedd Wyn – real name Ellis Humphrey Evans – fought in the trenches in the First World War as part of the 15th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and fought at Passchendaele in 1917. He is famous for being awarded the Chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod, held in Birkenhead shortly afterwards.