Dylan Thomas[Dylan_Thomas]

Wohnort: Swansea, Wales
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Biographie Dylan Thomas

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A process in the weather of the heart :
Gedicht 2006-08-20 (7919 Erfolge)

A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London :
Gedicht 2006-05-18 (13272 Erfolge)

Această pâine ce’o rup :
Gedicht 2005-10-25 (14996 Erfolge)

All All and All the Dry Worlds Lever :
Gedicht 2006-08-20 (7374 Erfolge)

And Death Shall Have No Dominion :
Gedicht 2003-11-05 (13610 Erfolge)

Before I Knocked :
Gedicht 2004-07-01 (8278 Erfolge)

Clown in the Moon :
Gedicht 2006-08-20 (8534 Erfolge)

Deaths and Entrances :
Gedicht 2005-10-25 (9085 Erfolge)

Do not go gentle into that good night :
Gedicht 2003-11-08 (11469 Erfolge)

Dragoste într-un ospiciu :
Gedicht 2006-03-29 (10022 Erfolge)

Fern Hill :
Gedicht 2005-05-25 (10089 Erfolge)

From Love's First Fever to Her Plague :
Gedicht 2006-08-19 (7486 Erfolge)

In my craft or sullen art :
Gedicht 2006-03-04 (7398 Erfolge)

La forza che nella verde miccia spinge il fiore :
Gedicht 2009-01-19 (12463 Erfolge)

La nunta unei fecioare :
Gedicht 2015-12-10 (5149 Erfolge)

Light breaks where no sun shines :
Gedicht 2005-06-29 (7835 Erfolge)

Love in the Asylum :
Gedicht 2006-02-12 (9180 Erfolge)

Mi’am visat nașterea :
Gedicht 2005-11-12 (12323 Erfolge)

My Hero Bares His Nerves :
Gedicht 2005-10-10 (7417 Erfolge)

Now :
Gedicht 2006-09-03 (9822 Erfolge)

Poem In October :
Gedicht 2006-02-12 (9593 Erfolge)

Qui in primavera :
Gedicht 2005-07-07 (8039 Erfolge)

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower :
Gedicht 2005-10-25 (9017 Erfolge)

Then was my Neophyte :
Gedicht 2006-08-20 (7476 Erfolge)

Where Once the Waters of your Face :
Gedicht 2006-08-20 (7444 Erfolge)

Biographie Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas was born on October 27, 1914 in Swansea, Glamorganshire (Wales). He was educated at Swansea Grammar School and became well-known for his obscure poetry and amusing plays and prose. Before the publishing of Thomas' first book in 1934, he worked as a reporter for The South Wales Daily Post, in Swansea, (1931-1932) and as a free-lance writer from 1933.

"18 Poems", Thomas' first book, was published as the result of a prize. Thomas was only 19 when this volume of poetry was released. He wrote nearly 30 poems in late 1933 and early 1934, of which 13 were published in this volume. Between May and October 1934, he completed another five for inclusion in the book. The Thomas' poems first appeared in the Sunday Referee in 1933 in a feature column called the "Poets' Corner," edited by Victor Neuburg and Runia Sheila MacLeod. Neuburg began to award prizes to poets whose work was judged to be the finest printed in the column over a period of six months. The prize was that the Sunday Referee would publish the winning poet's work in book form. Dylan Thomas became the second recipient of the prize, which he won for the second of seven poems he published in "Poets' Corner," the poem, "The Force that through the Grass Fuse Drives the Flower." The editors had some difficulty getting Thomas' manuscript accepted by a publisher, until David Archer of the Parton Bookshop agree d to have the book printed. Five hundred copies were printed, but only 250 were bound and issued in December 1934. The remaining half, constituting the second issue, were bound and put on sale on February 21, 1936. It was praised by few because it was so obscure.

He followed "18 Poems" with "25 Poems" in 1936. He lived his life in poverty in England and Wales, while married to Caitlin Macnamara (they were wed in 1937). They had two sons and one daughter. Then he began to concentrate on prose, with such works as "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog", "Adventures in the Skin Trade", and "Quite Early One Morning". He had wanted to serve in World War II, but was rejected so during the war, he worked with a documentary film unit. He also published many short stories, wrote film scripts, broadcast stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote "Under Milkwood", the radio play for voices. In 1949, he began frequent visits to the US, touring colleges to read poetry. He was also the recipient of the Foyle Prize in 1953.

During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, after a long period of depression and drinking and a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his New York hotel and died on November 9th at St Vincents Hospital. He is said to have died from alcoholic poisoning. His body was sent back to Laugharne, Wales, where his grave is marked by a simple wooden cross. In July 1994 his wife, Caitlin died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of Thomas. Her body is buried next to his.

Thomas was a man with a Keatsian style and manner, being both energetic and vivid when it came to his imagery. He was Welsh and his voice brought many to enjoy poetry through his readings, he also used words not just for the denotation or connotation meaning, but also for the sound of the word and the meaning that sound creates. The key to Dylan Thomas is reading him aloud, slowly, hitting every vowel and consonant, and worrying about what it all means later.