Waldo Williams

About

Twentieth-century poet whose Welsh-language poems include "Pa beth yw dyn?" ("What is it to be human?") and "Cofio" ("Remembering").

Before Fame

The son of a Pembrokeshire school teacher, he graduated from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1926 and subsequently worked as a teacher, himself.

Trivia

He was a pacifist during the Korean War era and was later arrested for refusing to pay his taxes.

Family Life

He married Linda Llewellyn in 1941. Sadly, she died just two years later.

Associated With

His poetry was influenced by the work of renowned American poet Walt Whitman.