| − | Dylan Marlais Thomas was born on October 27, 1914 at No 5, Cwmdonkin Drive in [[Swansea]], and died on November 9, 1953 in St Vincent's Hospital, [[New York]]. During his lifetime he wrote many great poems, including ''Fern Hill'' <ref> for a full version of the poem see: http://www.bigeye.com/fernhill.htm </ref>, and ''Do not go gentle into that good night'' <ref> This is one of the most heartrending poems in the English language; Thomas apppeals to his father to struggle against his inevitable death: ''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''; for a fuller version,, see: http://www.bigeye.com/donotgo.htm </ref>. Most of all he is famous for writing the 'play for voices' [[Under Milk Wood]], and the collection of stories, [[Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog]]. | + | Dylan Marlais Thomas was born on October 27, 1914 at No 5, Cwmdonkin Drive in [[Swansea]], and died on November 9, 1953 in St Vincent's Hospital, [[New York]]. During his lifetime he wrote many great poems, including ''Fern Hill'' <ref> for a full version of the poem see: http://www.bigeye.com/fernhill.htm </ref>, and ''Do not go gentle into that good night'' <ref> This is one of the most heartrending poems in the English language; Thomas apppeals to his father to struggle against his inevitable death, pleading: ''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''; for the full version, see: http://www.bigeye.com/donotgo.htm </ref>. Most of all he is famous for writing the 'play for voices' [[Under Milk Wood]], and the collection of stories, [[Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog]]. |