Dylan Marlais Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales on 27 October 1914. In November 1934 he moved to London
and in December of that year his first book of poetry, Eighteen Poems appeared to critical acclaim. In April 1936 he
met his future wife, Caitlin Macnamara, and in September his second volume of poetry Twenty-five poems was
released. In July 1937 Dylan and Caitlin were married and the following year they moved to Laugharne, Wales. Their
first child, Llewelyn Edouard Thomas was born in January 1939. The Map of Love was published in August and The
world I breathe in December in the United States.
In April 1940 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog was published and in September Dylan began working for Strand
Films which he continued for the duration of the war. His second child Aeronwy Bryn Thomas was born in March
1943. Deaths and Entrances was published in 1946. In 1949 his third child, Colm Garan Hart Thomas born. In 1952
his final volume Collected Poems was published. He also published many short stories, wrote filmscripts, broadcast
stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote Under Milkwood, the radio play for voices.
During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, and a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his
New York hotel. He died on November 9th at St Vincents Hospital, New York. His body was sent back to Laugharne,
Wales, where his grave is marked by a simple wooden cross.
In July 1994 his wife, Caitlin Thomas died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of
Dylan Thomas.
Poems
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
And Death Shall Have No Dominion
The Force That Through The Green Fuse Drives The Flower
> Sometimes The Sky's Too Bright
All That I Owe The Fellows Of The Grave
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