Dr Mererid Hopwood, originally from Cardiff, is a Welsh poet who made history in 2001 by becoming the first woman ever to win the bardic chair at the National Eisteddfod.
Dr Mererid Hopwood, yn wreiddiol o Gaerdydd, yw’r bardd Cymraeg a’r fenyw gyntaf i ennill y gadair yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2001.