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'''Geraint Lloyd Owen''' is a Welsh-language poet, who won the [[Crowning of the Bard|Crown]] in The [[National Eisteddfod of Wales]] ([[Wrexham|Wrecsam]] and District) 2011. He is a retired head-teacher and brother to the [[Prifardd]] [[Gerallt Lloyd Owen]]. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/eisteddfod/2011/sites/guide/whatson/pages/ceremonies.shtml BBC Wales - Eisteddfod 2011]{{ |
'''Geraint Lloyd Owen''' is a Welsh-language poet, who won the [[Crowning of the Bard|Crown]] in The [[National Eisteddfod of Wales]] ([[Wrexham|Wrecsam]] and District) 2011. He is a retired head-teacher and brother to the [[Prifardd]] [[Gerallt Lloyd Owen]]. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/eisteddfod/2011/sites/guide/whatson/pages/ceremonies.shtml BBC Wales - Eisteddfod 2011] {{wayback|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/eisteddfod/2011/sites/guide/whatson/pages/ceremonies.shtml |date=20130706003951 }}</ref> |
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He was born in a farmhouse between Llandderfel and Sarnau, [[Meirionnydd]], before moving to his mother's family home in Sarnau village. He attended the local school, then Ysgol Tŷ-tan-domen, [[Bala, Gwynedd|Bala]], and trained as a secondary-school teacher at the Heath College, [[Cardiff]]. He taught at [[Machynlleth]]. |
He was born in a farmhouse between Llandderfel and Sarnau, [[Meirionnydd]], before moving to his mother's family home in Sarnau village. He attended the local school, then Ysgol Tŷ-tan-domen, [[Bala, Gwynedd|Bala]], and trained as a secondary-school teacher at the Heath College, [[Cardiff]]. He taught at [[Machynlleth]]. |
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Geraint Lloyd Owen is a Welsh-language poet, who won the Crown in The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Wrecsam and District) 2011. He is a retired head-teacher and brother to the Prifardd Gerallt Lloyd Owen. [1]
He was born in a farmhouse between Llandderfel and Sarnau, Meirionnydd, before moving to his mother's family home in Sarnau village. He attended the local school, then Ysgol Tŷ-tan-domen, Bala, and trained as a secondary-school teacher at the Heath College, Cardiff. He taught at Machynlleth.
He won numerous local eisteddfod chairs, including Pontrhydfendigaid, Lampeter, Gŵyl Fawr Aberteifi (Cardigan), Powys and the Urdd. He was headteacher of Ysgol y Ffôr, Pwllheli, and Ysgol Treferthyr, Cricieth, before taking early retirement in order to run Siop y Pentan in Caernarfon.