Wilfred Bennetto Writer

Wilfred Melville Bennetto (1902–1994) was a Cornish poet and novelist.He was elected a member of Gorseth Kernow under the Bardic name of Abransek ('Bushy-browed One') in 1968.His poetry celebrated popular contemporary figures in Cornish life as well as the historical and mythological characters favoured in Cornish poetry at the time. He wrote An Gurun Wosek a Geltya ('The Bloody Crown of Celtia'), the first full-length novel in Cornish. It is written from a monarchist perspective, it is a romantic thriller set against the background of contemporary subversion and conflict in the Celtic countries.

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PseudonymAbransek Melville Bennetto
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1902
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1994

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