About Julyan Holmes
Lived 1948 – 2024 (aged 75–76). Julyan Holmes was a poet.
Julyan Holmes (20 November 1948 – 18 August 2024) was a Cornish scholar and poet. Born in 1948, Holmes has worked on such topics as Cornish placenames, the Prophecy of Merlin of John of Cornwall, and the writings of the Penwith School.
He was married to Loveday Carlyon, former leader of Mebyon Kernow, and was a member of Gorseth Kernow under the Bardic name of Blew Melen ('Yellow Hair'). He died on 18 August 2024.
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British writer
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Julyan Holmes was born in 1948.
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Julyan Holmes died on 18 August 2024.
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Julyan Holmes was a poet.
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