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Welsh poet and writer (1914–1953)

For other uses, see Dylan Thomas (disambiguation).

Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) 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", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood.

He also wrote stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog. He became widely popular in his lifetime; and remained so after his death at the age of 39 in New York City.^[2] By then, he had acquired a reputation, which he had encouraged, as a "roistering, drunken and doomed poet".^[3]

Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, in 1914, leaving school in 1932 to become a reporter for the South Wales Daily Post.

Many of his works appeared in print while he was still a teenager. In 1934, the publication of "Light breaks where no sun shines" caught the attent