
Dylan Marlais Thomas, (Swansea, October 27 1914 – November 9 1953 in New York City) was a Wales poet and writer. He is widely considered to be among the greatest poets of the 20th century; his most famous poems include "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" and "And Death Shall Have No Dominion." ==Biography== Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales: his father David, who was a writer and possessed a degree in English, brought his son up to speak English language rather than Dylan's mother's native Welsh language. Dylan Thomas's middle name, "Marlais", came from the bardic name of his uncle, the Unitarian minister, Gwilym Marles (whose real name was William Thomas). Thomas's childhood was spent largely in Swansea, with regular summer trips to visit his mother's family on their Carmarthen farm. These rural sojourns, and their contrast with the town life of Swansea, would inform much of his work, notably many short stories and radio essays and the poem "Dylan Thomas/Fern Hill". Dylan wrote half his poems—"And death shall have no dominion" is one of the best known—and many short stories when he lived at no 5 Cwmdonkin Drive. By the time he left the family home in 1934 he was one of the most exciting young poets writing in the English language. He collapsed at the Hotel Chelsea after drinking heavily while in New York City on a promotional tour and later died at St Vincent's hospital. The primary cause of his death is recorded as pneumonia, with pressure on the brain and a fatty liver given as contributing factors. He was a diabetes mellitus and, it is said, not very careful about managing it; in particular, heavy drinking is dangerous for diabetics. Following his death, his body was brought back to Wales for burial in the village churchyard at Laugharne, Wales, where he had enjoyed his happiest days. In 1994, his widow, Caitlin, was buried alongside him. Their former home, the Boat House, Laugharne, is now a memorial to Dylan. ==Work== Dylan Thomas is widely considered one of the greatest 20th century poets writing in English, frequently mentioned alongside Robert Frost, William Butler Yeats, and T. S. Eliot in lists of the century's most important poets. He remains the leading figure in Anglo-Welsh literature. His vivid and often fantastic imagery was a rejection of the trends in 20th Century verse: while his contemporaries gradually altered their writing to serious topical verse (political and social concerns were often expressed), Thomas gave himself over to his passionately felt emotions, and his writing is often both intensely personal and fiercely lyrical. Thomas, in many ways, was more in alignment with the Romanticism than he was with the poets of his era (W. H. Auden and Eliot, to name but two). He is particularly remembered for the remarkable radio-play ''Under Milk Wood'', for his poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," which is generally interpreted as a plea to his dying father to hold onto life, and for the short stories "A Child's Christmas in Wales." and "The Outing". ==Legacy== There are many memorials to Thomas in his home town of Swansea, including a statue in the maritime quarter, the Dylan Thomas Theatre, and the Dylan Thomas Centre. The latter building, formerly the Guildhall, was opened by U.S. President of the United States Jimmy Carter, one of Thomas's most famous fans, following its conversion. It is now a literature centre, where exhibitions and lectures are held, and is the setting for the city's annual Dylan Thomas Festival. Another monument to Thomas stands in Cwmdonkin Park, close to his birthplace (at no 5 Cwmdonkin Drive); this was one of his favourite childhood haunts. The memorial is inscribed with lines from one of his best-loved poems, "Fern Hill." Several of the pubs in Swansea also have associations with the poet. Swansea’s oldest pub, the No Sign Bar, was a regular haunt, renamed the Wine Vaults in his story The Followers. The young Dylan "mucked about as chirpy as a sparrow after the sips and titbits and small change of the town" as a reporter on the local paper, turning many a working day into a pub crawl. Much of the central Swansea he knew was flattened in the war, but many Dylan locations from stories such as 'Old Garbo' survive. The BBC studios, with their ornate and distinguished fascia, where he broadcast in a voice like warm treacle, is still there. The bombed Kardomah Cafe, where he plotted artistic revolution with his friends, is reincarnated in Portland Street. He appears along with Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Albert Einstein all on probably the best known of all record sleeves, the Beatles’ Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. John Lennon asked that he be included, recognising a great influence on his work. It has been suggested that Bob Dylan, who was born Robert Allen Zimmerman, changed his name in tribute to Dylan Thomas. Bob Dylan has often denied this, claiming in 1965 that he took the name from an uncle named Dillon. He added "I've read some of Dylan Thomas' stuff, and it's not the same as mine." In his 2004 biography, "Chronicles Vol.1", however, Dylan admits that Dylan Thomas was relevant to his choice of alias (although he still acknowledges no influence or tribute, saying only that "Dylan" sounds like "Allen," his middle name and original choice for a surname de plume). ==Quotes== * "Do not go gentle into that good night / rage, rage against the dying of the light" * "Though lovers be lost love shall not / and death shall have no dominion" * "An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you." * "Someone's boring me. I think it's me." * "I just had eighteen straight scotches. I think that's the record." (He died 5 days later, of causes possibly related to excessive drinking.) ==External links== *[http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C070008 Dylan Thomas] at [http://www.poets.org poets.org] *[http://www.mumbles.co.uk/ "The Mumbles", a restaurant frequented by Thomas] *[http://www.dylanthomas.org/ The city of Swansea's site on Thomas] *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/dylanthomas/ BBC Wales' Dylan Thomas site] *[http://www.dylanthomastheatre.org.uk/home/ The Dylan Thomas Theatre Company Swansea] 1914 births 1953 deaths Welsh poets Anglo-Welsh poets Welsh novelists
I've moved the following to this talk page. It's not that a long quotation of poetry might not belong in an encyclopedia article; it's that it should be formatted, put fully into context, and introduced in something like a :neutral point of view. Until that's done, having it on the article page is giving people the entirely wrong idea about what articles about poets should be like. --:LMS Here his most noted, a :villanelle of all things, a powerful addictive structured verse, simply the best: Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words have forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. == Dylan Thomas Prize == NEWS RELEASE Immediate Use Unique Literary Prize First To Recognise Young Talent The Dylan Thomas Literary Prize, a major International award which is the first to ever recognise young writing talent, will be simultaneously launched in Swansea, the town of Dylan’s birth and New York, the place of his demise, on October 27th 2004. This inaugural literary prize in the amount of £50,000 will be awarded to the most outstanding literary talent, age under 30 at the launch date, writing a published work in the English language. The Dylan Thomas Prize will be funded through corporate and individual sponsorships and also enjoys the support of local government and university institutions. Peter Stead, Chairman of the Prize Board comments, “Dylan’s most prolific work was published when he was very young and much of his well known work such as Hunchback in the Park, Return Journey and A Child’s Christmas in Wales refer lovingly to his home town, Swansea. The Prize will invite short listed writers to Wales in early 2006 for readings of their work to budding young Dylans in schools and colleges. Ends. Contacts: website [http://www.dylanthomasprize.com] E mail info@dylanthomasprize.com Telephone: Andrew Wood on +44 (0) 7951 027087. Regards Nigel T Packer ---- About daibetes: I've just been reading the new Andrew Lycett biography, which doesn't mention this aspect of his health (much if at all). Source for including this? User:Charles Matthews 15:16, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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Dylan Marlais Thomas, (Swansea, October 27 1914 – November 9 1953 in New York City) was a Wales poet and writer. He is widely considered to be among the greatest poets of the 20th century; his most famous poems include "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" and "And Death Shall Have No Dominion." ==Biography== Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales: his father David, who was a writer and possessed a degree in English, brought his son up to speak English language rather than Dylan's mother's native Welsh language. Dylan Thomas's middle name, "Marlais", came from the bardic name of his uncle, the Unitarian minister, Gwilym Marles (whose real name was William Thomas). Thomas's childhood was spent largely in Swansea, with regular summer trips to visit his mother's family on their Carmarthen farm. These rural sojourns, and their contrast with the town life of Swansea, would inform much of his work, notably many short stories and radio essays and the poem "Dylan Thomas/Fern Hill". Dylan wrote half his poems—"And death shall have no dominion" is one of the best known—and many short stories when he lived at no 5 Cwmdonkin Drive. By the time he left the family home in 1934 he was one of the most exciting young poets writing in the English language. He collapsed at the Hotel Chelsea after drinking heavily while in New York City on a promotional tour and later died at St Vincent's hospital. The primary cause of his death is recorded as pneumonia, with pressure on the brain and a fatty liver given as contributing factors. He was a diabetes mellitus and, it is said, not very careful about managing it; in particular, heavy drinking is dangerous for diabetics. Following his death, his body was brought back to Wales for burial in the village churchyard at Laugharne, Wales, where he had enjoyed his happiest days. In 1994, his widow, Caitlin, was buried alongside him. Their former home, the Boat House, Laugharne, is now a memorial to Dylan. ==Work== Dylan Thomas is widely considered one of the greatest 20th century poets writing in English, frequently mentioned alongside Robert Frost, William Butler Yeats, and T. S. Eliot in lists of the century's most important poets. He remains the leading figure in Anglo-Welsh literature. His vivid and often fantastic imagery was a rejection of the trends in 20th Century verse: while his contemporaries gradually altered their writing to serious topical verse (political and social concerns were often expressed), Thomas gave himself over to his passionately felt emotions, and his writing is often both intensely personal and fiercely lyrical. Thomas, in many ways, was more in alignment with the Romanticism than he was with the poets of his era (W. H. Auden and Eliot, to name but two). He is particularly remembered for the remarkable radio-play ''Under Milk Wood'', for his poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," which is generally interpreted as a plea to his dying father to hold onto life, and for the short stories "A Child's Christmas in Wales." and "The Outing". ==Legacy== There are many memorials to Thomas in his home town of Swansea, including a statue in the maritime quarter, the Dylan Thomas Theatre, and the Dylan Thomas Centre. The latter building, formerly the Guildhall, was opened by U.S. President of the United States Jimmy Carter, one of Thomas's most famous fans, following its conversion. It is now a literature centre, where exhibitions and lectures are held, and is the setting for the city's annual Dylan Thomas Festival. Another monument to Thomas stands in Cwmdonkin Park, close to his birthplace (at no 5 Cwmdonkin Drive); this was one of his favourite childhood haunts. The memorial is inscribed with lines from one of his best-loved poems, "Fern Hill." Several of the pubs in Swansea also have associations with the poet. Swansea’s oldest pub, the No Sign Bar, was a regular haunt, renamed the Wine Vaults in his story The Followers. The young Dylan "mucked about as chirpy as a sparrow after the sips and titbits and small change of the town" as a reporter on the local paper, turning many a working day into a pub crawl. Much of the central Swansea he knew was flattened in the war, but many Dylan locations from stories such as 'Old Garbo' survive. The BBC studios, with their ornate and distinguished fascia, where he broadcast in a voice like warm treacle, is still there. The bombed Kardomah Cafe, where he plotted artistic revolution with his friends, is reincarnated in Portland Street. He appears along with Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Albert Einstein all on probably the best known of all record sleeves, the Beatles’ Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. John Lennon asked that he be included, recognising a great influence on his work. It has been suggested that Bob Dylan, who was born Robert Allen Zimmerman, changed his name in tribute to Dylan Thomas. Bob Dylan has often denied this, claiming in 1965 that he took the name from an uncle named Dillon. He added "I've read some of Dylan Thomas' stuff, and it's not the same as mine." In his 2004 biography, "Chronicles Vol.1", however, Dylan admits that Dylan Thomas was relevant to his choice of alias (although he still acknowledges no influence or tribute, saying only that "Dylan" sounds like "Allen," his middle name and original choice for a surname de plume). ==Quotes== * "Do not go gentle into that good night / rage, rage against the dying of the light" * "Though lovers be lost love shall not / and death shall have no dominion" * "An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you." * "Someone's boring me. I think it's me." * "I just had eighteen straight scotches. I think that's the record." (He died 5 days later, of causes possibly related to excessive drinking.) ==External links== *[http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C070008 Dylan Thomas] at [http://www.poets.org poets.org] *[http://www.mumbles.co.uk/ "The Mumbles", a restaurant frequented by Thomas] *[http://www.dylanthomas.org/ The city of Swansea's site on Thomas] *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/dylanthomas/ BBC Wales' Dylan Thomas site] *[http://www.dylanthomastheatre.org.uk/home/ The Dylan Thomas Theatre Company Swansea] 1914 births 1953 deaths Welsh poets Anglo-Welsh poets Welsh novelists
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I've moved the following to this talk page. It's not that a long quotation of poetry might not belong in an encyclopedia article; it's that it should be formatted, put fully into context, and introduced in something like a :neutral point of view. Until that's done, having it on the article page is giving people the entirely wrong idea about what articles about poets should be like. --:LMS Here his most noted, a :villanelle of all things, a powerful addictive structured verse, simply the best: Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words have forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. == Dylan Thomas Prize == NEWS RELEASE Immediate Use Unique Literary Prize First To Recognise Young Talent The Dylan Thomas Literary Prize, a major International award which is the first to ever recognise young writing talent, will be simultaneously launched in Swansea, the town of Dylan’s birth and New York, the place of his demise, on October 27th 2004. This inaugural literary prize in the amount of £50,000 will be awarded to the most outstanding literary talent, age under 30 at the launch date, writing a published work in the English language. The Dylan Thomas Prize will be funded through corporate and individual sponsorships and also enjoys the support of local government and university institutions. Peter Stead, Chairman of the Prize Board comments, “Dylan’s most prolific work was published when he was very young and much of his well known work such as Hunchback in the Park, Return Journey and A Child’s Christmas in Wales refer lovingly to his home town, Swansea. The Prize will invite short listed writers to Wales in early 2006 for readings of their work to budding young Dylans in schools and colleges. Ends. Contacts: website [http://www.dylanthomasprize.com] E mail info@dylanthomasprize.com Telephone: Andrew Wood on +44 (0) 7951 027087. Regards Nigel T Packer ---- About daibetes: I've just been reading the new Andrew Lycett biography, which doesn't mention this aspect of his health (much if at all). Source for including this? User:Charles Matthews 15:16, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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