Mary Davies (poet)

Mary Davies (17 October 1846 – 8 October 1882 in Porthmadog), also known as Mair Eifion, was a Welsh poet.

Davies was the eldest daughter of Captain Lewis Davies and his wife Jennet, who ran the Tregunter Arms in Porthmadog, north Wales. Though she studied privately, from a young age she displayed a talent for writing poetry. Her work began to be published in the periodical Y Dysgedydd, edited from 1853 to 1873 by Emrys, a mentor of hers.[1]

After she began winning prizes locally for her work, in 1875 Davies was admitted to the Gorsedd circle at the National Eisteddfod in Pwllheli. William Roberts, who edited her works of poetry, published them under the title Blodeu Eifion, sef Gwaith Barddonol Mair Eifion after her death in 1882.[2] She was buried at Soar, near Talsarnau.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Idwal Lewis. "DAVIES, MARY". Dictionary of Welsh Biography, National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Griffith Milwyn Griffiths, "ROBERTS , WILLIAM (Gwilym Eryri; 1844–1895?)", Dictionary of Welsh Biography, National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2016.


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