Dic Goodman
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Richard Goodman Jones (born 20 January 1920) is a Welsh poet, better known as Dic Goodman. He is a resident of Mynytho on the Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd.
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[edit] His life
Richard was born to his mother Kate, and his father of his same name who died within 3 months of Richard's birth. Though Kate soon remarried, Richard remained an only child, and eventually lost his stepfather in a farming accident. Richard was brought up in humble circumstances in the North Welsh village Mynytho, where he attended Foel Gron primary school. He has never disassociated himself with the area. In 1952 he married Laura Ellen Jones (also of Mynytho) and fathered two children; Sian and Dafydd. Aged 88, he currently lives in Mynytho with his wife and has two grandchildren by his son Dafydd, named Gwyneth Angharad and Alan Goodman.
[edit] His work
Richard has explored numerous professions, from being a painter, an insurance salesman, and a World War II medic to being headmaster of Pont-y-Gof primary school, in Botwnnog. As a poet, he has won the National Eisteddfod chair on multiple occasions. Many collections of his work have been published, including Hanes Y Daith and a book about space. He is a renowned writer of the englyn form.
[edit] Bibliography
- Caneuon y Gwynt a'r Glaw (1975)
- I'r Rhai sy'n gweld Rhosyn Gwyllt (1979)
