Landmark 84, Hedd Wyn (E H Evans) Statue, Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd Ellis Humphrey Evans (1887-1917) was known by his bardic name, Hedd Wyn. He worked on his father's farm in Trawsfynydd but wrote poetry from an early age. He won a number of local and national eisteddfodau and in September 1917 was announced as the winner of the Chair at the National Eisteddfod in Birkenhead with his work 'Yr Arwr' (The Hero) which relates the myth of Prometheus to Christian symbolism. Evans had been killed in action at the battle for Pilkem Ridge in July 1917 and when this was announced at the eisteddfod the bardic chair was draped in black.