Editing Hedd Wyn (section)

== Eisteddfodau ==
His talent for poetry was well known in the village of [[Trawsfynydd]], and he took part in numerous competitions and local [[eisteddfod]]au, winning his first [[Chairing of the Bard|chair]] (''Cadair y Bardd'') at [[Bala, Gwynedd|Bala]] in 1907, aged 20. In 1910, he was given the [[bardic name]] Hedd Wyn by the bard Bryfdir at a poets' meeting in [[Blaenau Ffestiniog]]. 'Hedd' is [[Welsh language|Welsh]] for peace and 'Wyn' can mean white or pure;<ref>Literal translation: white peace</ref> this "blessed peace" also alluded to the way rays of sunlight penetrated the mists in the Meirionydd valleys.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dehandschutter |first=Lieven  |author-link=Lieven Dehandschutter |year=2001 |title= Hedd Wyn. A Welsh tragedy in Flanders. Vormingscentrum Lodewijk Dosfel (Gent, Flanders, Belgium) |page=40}}</ref>

Bryfdir was the bardic name of Evans's older friend Humphrey Jones (1867–1947), a quarryman from [[Blaenau Ffestiniog]]; in his lifetime, Jones published two volumes of poetry, won more than 60 bardic chairs and was an eisteddfodau compère.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-JONE-HUM-1867|title=JONES, HUMPHREY (' Bryfdir '; 1867 – 1947), poet and 'compère' of eisteddfodau |publisher=[[The National Library of Wales]]|access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref> Jones said he bestowed Hedd Wyn on Evans because he had the manner of a dreamer who moved slowly and calmly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crickhowell-hs.powys.sch.uk/trips/ww1-trip-to-france-and-belgium-2018/hedd-wyn/|title=Hedd Wyn|website=www.crickhowell-hs.powys.sch.uk|access-date= 24 February 2021}}</ref> Another close friend of Hedd Wyn was the clergyman and writer [[R. Silyn Roberts]], who was known as 'Rhosyr'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ladywell-live.org/2020/10/03/from-llanllyfin-to-lewisham-and-a-meeting-with-lenin-the-life-of-silyn-roberts-a-welsh-quarryman-turned-poet-and-presbyterian-minister/|title=From Llanllyfin to Lewisham and a meeting with Lenin, the life of Silyn Roberts, a Welsh quarryman turned poet and presbyterian minister|website=www.ladywell-live.org|date=3 October 2020}}</ref>

In 1913, 26-year-old Hedd Wyn began to find fame for his poetry when he won chairs at the local eisteddfodau at [[Pwllheli]] and [[Llanuwchllyn]]. In 1915 he was successful at local eisteddfodau in [[Pontardawe]] and Llanuwchllyn. That same year he entered his first poem ''Eryri'' (an ode to [[Snowdonia]]) in the [[National Eisteddfod of Wales]] which was held in [[Bangor, Gwynedd]]. The following year he took second place at the National Eisteddfod in [[Aberystwyth]] with ''Ystrad Fflur'', an [[awdl]] written in honour of [[Strata Florida]], the [[medieval]] [[Cistercian]] abbey ruins in [[Ceredigion]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.books.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alwyn/Cerddibugail/ystrad_fflyr.shtml |title=Online Text |publisher=Freepages.books.rootsweb.ancestry.com |access-date=2014-05-19 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726215119/http://freepages.books.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alwyn/Cerddibugail/ystrad_fflyr.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>