- Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion"; the 'play for voices' Under Milk Wood; and stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
| Born: | 27 October 1914 Comment | | When did Dylan Thomas die? / Died | 09 November 1953 | | How many years did Dylan Thomas live? / Lived | 39 years | | Zodiac sign: | Scorpio |
Dylan Thomas Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Dylan Thomas worth? | Under review
|
Dylan Thomas facts
- He became widely popular in his lifetime and remained so after his premature death at the age of 39 in New York City
- By then he had acquired a reputation, which he had encouraged, as a "roistering, drunken and doomed poet"
- Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales, in 1914
- An undistinguished pupil, he left school at 16 and became a journalist for a short time
- Many of his works appeared in print while he was still a teenager; however, it was the publication in 1934 of "Light breaks where no sun shines" that caught the attention of the literary world
- While living in London, Thomas met Caitlin Macnamara, whom he married in 1937
- Their relationship was defined by alcoholism and was mutually destructive
- In the early part of their marriage, Thomas and his family lived hand-to-mouth; they settled in the Welsh fishing village of Laugharne
- Thomas came to be appreciated as a popular poet during his lifetime, though he found earning a living as a writer difficult
- He began augmenting his income with reading tours and radio broadcasts
Bio / wiki sources: Wikipedia, accounts on social media, content from our users.
|
|
