Wilfred Bennetto
Wilfred Melville Bennetto (1902–1994) was a Cornish poet and novelist.
Wilfred Benetto | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1902 |
| Died | 1994 |
| Pen name | Abransek, Melville Bennetto |
| Occupation | Novelist, Poet, English teacher at Selhurst Grammar School for Boys, Croydon, Surrey, 1943-1964.[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 20th century |
| Genre | Cornish language |
He was elected a member of Gorseth Kernow under the Bardic name of Abransek ('Bushy-browed One') in 1968.[2]
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.
Publications as Melville Bennetto
- An Lef Kernewek (1969)
- Kernow (1974).
- Whethlow Pymp Mynysen Penzance :Printed by Headland Printing (1974)
- Whethlow Kernewek (Cornish Stories). (1978)
- And Shall Tregeale Die?, Headland Pubns, Penzance (1979) ISBN 0-905920-09-0
- An Gurun Wosek a Geltya, Dyllansow Truran (1984) ISBN 1-85022-000-X
- The Saints of Cornwall: and Other Poems Dyllansow Truran (1986) ISBN 1-85022-023-9
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