Gwenno Mair Davies

Gwenno Mair Davies (born c. 1983)[1] is a Welsh writer, translator and teacher who won the Crown at the Urdd National Eisteddfod on two occasions.[2]

Early life

Davies is from Llansannan, north Wales.[3] She went to school at Ysgol Bro Aled and Ysgol y Creuddyn in Penrhyn Bay.[1] She graduated in Welsh and Drama from Aberystwyth University[4] in 2004.[5]

Writing

Davies first won the Urdd Crown following the 2005 Cardiff Urdd National Eisteddfod. The prize had been initially presented to Llinos Dafydd on 3 June, but a complaint about plagiarism was made a few days later.[6] Dafydd handed back the Crown and, instead, it was presented to the second-placed Davies at a ceremony in Caernarfon on 17 June.[4] In a revised adjudication the judges said "She held our attention with her imagination and originality. She is without doubt worthy of this year's crown."[1]

Davies followed this up by winning the Crown again at the 2006 Urdd National Eisteddfod, held in Ruthin.[2] Submitting under the pen name of Rhywun Arall ('Someone Else'), her work was on the subject Perthyn ('Belonging').[2] The work was about a victim of domestic violence, inspired after a period working in social services.[3]

Davies was chosen to write the play, Talaith y Gogledd, one of three talaith ('province') plays to be performed by the Urdd's national youth theatre company across Wales in 2008 and 2009.[7]

She was one of the three writers of the children's book series, Cyfres Halibalŵ, which was funded by the Welsh Government and launched in November 2018.[5]

Teaching

Initially a drama and media studies teacher at Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera in Swansea,[2] Davies later worked at Ysgol y Creuddyn (where she had attended as a pupil) in north Wales before becoming deputy head teacher in 2020, subsequently becoming head teacher.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eryl Crump (19 September 2005). "Standing ovation for Gwenno's crowning glory". Daily Post. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Gwenno'n ennill ei hail goron" [Gwenno wins her second crown]. BBC Cymru Newyddion (in Welsh). 2 June 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Second crown at Urdd for teacher". BBC News. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Coron: Anrhydeddu enillydd" [Crown: Honouring a winner]. BBC Cymru Newyddion (in Welsh). 17 June 2005. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  5. 1 2 "CAA Cymru launches a series of children's books". Aberystwyth University. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Urdd winner returns crown". Wales Online. 16 June 2005. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Tair drama tair talaith" [Three plays three provinces]. BBC. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Senior Leadership Team - Miss Gwenno Mair Davies". Ysgol y Creuddyn. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
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