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This article is about the significance of the year 1961 to Wales and its people.
National Eisteddfod of Wales, held in Rhosllanerchrugog:
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1996 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1980 to Wales and the Welsh people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1975 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1970 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1969 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1966 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1960 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1959 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1958 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1956 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1952 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1945 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1944 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1938 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1929 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1914 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1886 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1873 to Wales and its people.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1878 to Wales and its people.
Welsh-language literature has been produced continuously since the emergence of Welsh from Brythonic as a distinct language in around the 5th century AD. The earliest Welsh literature was poetry, which was extremely intricate in form from its earliest known examples, a tradition sustained today. Poetry was followed by the first British prose literature in the 11th century. Welsh-language literature has repeatedly played a major part in the self-assertion of Wales and its people. It continues to be held in the highest regard, as evidenced by the size and enthusiasm of the audiences attending the annual National Eisteddfod of Wales, probably the largest amateur arts festival in Europe, which crowns the literary prize winners in a dignified ceremony.