1905-1953 GB, Rhymney
Idris Davies (6 January 1905 – 6 April 1953) was a Welsh poet. Born in Rhymney, near Caerphilly in South Wales, Davies was the Welsh-speaking son of colliery chief winderman (mine lift operator) Evan Davies and his wife Elizabeth Ann. Davies became a poet, originally writing in Welsh, but later writing exclusively in English. He was the only poet to cover significant events of the early 20th century in the South Wales Valleys and the South Wales Coalfield, and from a perspective literally at the coalface.