WRITER

Dafydd ap Gwilym

1320 - 1350

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Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320 – c. 1350/1370) is regarded as one of the leading Welsh poets and amongst the great poets of Europe in the Middle Ages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dafydd ap Gwilym has received more than 134,343 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Dafydd ap Gwilym is the 6,195th most popular writer (down from 5,411th in 2019), the 5,183rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,422nd in 2019) and the 585th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Gwaith Dafydd ap Gwilym
Love poetry, Welsh, Nature, Poetry
1952
Barddoniaeth Dafydd ab Gwilym
1789
Gwaith
Welsh poetry (Collections)
1952
Dafydd ap Gwilym
Accessible book, Courtly love, Nature
1935
Selection of Poems
1985
Poems
Criticism and interpretation
1789

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dafydd ap Gwilym ranks 6,195 out of 7,302. Before him are Amory Lovins, Alan Garner, Dmitry Gordon, John Barbour, Dejan Ajdačić, and Fran Saleški Finžgar. After him are Mike Godwin, Sylvain Tesson, Birger Sjöberg, Bernice Rubens, Alain LeRoy Locke, and Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1320, Dafydd ap Gwilym ranks 21. Before him are Helvig of Schleswig, Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine, Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, Lalleshwari, Ulrich IV, Count of Württemberg, and Michael Panaretos.  Among people deceased in 1350, Dafydd ap Gwilym ranks 11. Before him are Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, Cápac Yupanqui, Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi, Yoshida Kenkō, Juan Ruiz, and Johannes de Muris.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dafydd ap Gwilym ranks 5,183 out of 8,785. Before him are John Barbour (1316), Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705), Alan Pardew (1961), Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (1996), and Harry Lloyd (1983). After him are Adrian Biddle (1952), Peter Perez Burdett (1734), Gary Brabham (1961), Derek Riggs (1958), Vanessa Angel (1966), and Bernice Rubens (1923).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dafydd ap Gwilym ranks 585. Before him are Paul Scott (1920), Michael Drayton (1563), Beryl Bainbridge (1932), Alan Hollinghurst (1954), Alan Garner (1934), and John Barbour (1316). After him are Bernice Rubens (1923), Brian Jacques (1939), China Miéville (1972), R. D. Blackmore (1825), Mary Lamb (1764), and Max Hastings (1945).

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