Gruffydd Aled Williams FLSW (born 1943) is a scholar who specialises in Welsh medieval poetry and Renaissance literature.
His book Ymryson Edmwnd Prys a Wiliam Cynwal (1986)[1] was awarded the University of Wales' Sir Ellis Griffith Prize.
He delivered the British Academy's Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture in 2010 on "More than 'skimble-skamble stuff': the Medieval Poetry Associated with Owain Glyndŵr"" (published 2012),[3][4] and in 2013 he contributed two articles to Owain Glyndŵr: A Casebook, ed.
Williams edited Llên Cymru, the leading academic journal in the field of Welsh literary history, from 1997 until 2012.
He was elected to the White Robed Order of the Gorsedd of Bards in 2002 and as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2014.