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Gwerful Mechain (fl. 1462-1500) who lived in Mechain in Powys is perhaps the most famous female Welsh-language poet after Ann Griffiths (1776-1805) who was also from northern Powys. Little is known of her life. Her work composed in the traditional strict metres including cywyddau and englynion is often a celebration of religion and sex sometimes within the same poem.