 Commons / Wikipedia | | 12,629 (18,626) | 244 | 1,594 |  (4.06) | 100 | 0 | The most important Welsh poet of the twentieth century, Thomas was born in Swansea, about which he remembered unkindly "the smug darkness of a provincial town." He attended Swansea Grammar School but received his real education in the extensive library of his father, a disappointed schoolteacher with higher ambitions. Refusing university study in favor of immediately becoming a professional writer, Thomas worked first in Swansea and then in London at a variety of literary jobs, which included journalism and, eventually, filmscripts and radio plays. In 1936 he began the satisfying but stormy marriage to the bohemian writer and dancer Caitlin MacNamara that would endure for the rest of his career. His life fell into a pattern of oscillation between work and dissipation in London and recovery and relaxation in a rural retreat, usually in Wales. Thomas worked in a documentary film unit during the war. Besides his poetry, he wrote plays and fiction. In the early 1950s, he gave three celebrated poetry-reading tours of the United States, during which his outrageous behavior vied with his superb reading ability for public attention. Aggravated by chronic alcoholism, his health collapsed during the last tour, and he died in a New York City hospital. In his poetry, Thomas embraced an exuberant romanticism in the encounter between self and world and a joyous riot in the lushness of language. His work falls into three periods---an early "womb-tomb" phase during which he produced a notebook, which he later mined for further poems, a middle one troubled by marriage and war, and a final acceptance of the human condition. The exuberant rhetoric of his work belies an equally strong devotion to artistry, what he once called "my craft or sullen art." His great "Fern Hill," for example, builds its imagery of the rejoicing innocence of childhood on a strict and demanding syllabic count. A recollection of boyhood holidays on the farm of his aunt and uncle, that poem places its emotion within an Edenic framework typical of Thomas's work. The impressive sonnet sequence "Altarwise by Owl-Light" (1936) combines the internal quest of romanticism with a more elaborate religious outlook in tracing the birth and spiritual autobiography of a poet. Almost at the end of his career he produced the moving elegy "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" (1952), written during the final illness of his father. Despite his periods of doubt and dissipation, Thomas celebrated the fullness of life. As he wrote in a note to his Collected Poems (1952), "These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusion, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I'd be a damn fool if they weren't." (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas 1934-1952 … (more) |
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Dylan Thomas has 4 past events. (show)  My life with Dylan Thomas Dinner time presentation by poet Tony Curtis. An entertaining account of growing up in Carmarthen, overlapping with Dylan Thomas's last years. Taught by Dylan's friend, Vernon Watkins, he has won the Western Mail's Dylan Thomas Prize, and also the Dylan Thomas Prize for Spoken Poetry. In Dylan's centenary year, Tony offers a fascinating account of the continuing influence of a major poet and a man who was reputed to be mad, bad and dangerous to know. Free admission by ticket. (Cynfelyn)… (more) Under Milk Wood Under Milk Wood By Dylan Thomas October 11 at 4 PM Through the magic of the written word, we are going to transform our quaint little Alaskan farming town into a quaint little Welsh fishing village. Come to Fireside Books to hear an informal dramatic reading of Dylan Thomas's masterpiece, " Under Milk Wood." This musical poem-play imagines one spring day in the town of Larreggub, with all sorts of characters and foibles. It's sad, funny, and a little bawdy, but the play of language will keep you captivated the whole time.
Fireside Books is presenting this dramatic reading as part of the Second Saturday Art Walk in Downtown Palmer. All month we are celebrating the 100th birthday of Dylan Thomas, who was born October 27, 1914.
The readers are:
Debra Bohm David Cheezem Gregory Gusse Sally Hitchcock Grant Olson Jaime Rodriguez
This is a free event, presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, LTD.
Seating is limited.
Please note: We will be moving some shelves around, starting at 3 PM. Some sections may not be accessible for browsing after 3.
Location: Street: 720 S Alaska St City: Palmer, Province: Alaska Postal Code: 99645-6356 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)  Dylan Thomas Pop-Up Writing Shed The Dylan Thomas 'Pop-Up Writing Shed' will visit NLW 28-30 August (the bank holiday weekend), and will park at the front of the building. This shed is a replica of Dylan Thomas’ iconic writing shed in Laugharne and will be on tour throughout 2014 as part of the centenary of his birth. Be prepared to see the shed 'poping up' in all kinds of places across Wales.
In order to acknowledge Dylan Thomas's love of words, visitors are busy compiling a dictionary of fresh new words. Visitors are encouraged to be playful, rhythmic, onomatopoeic and brave! This is the perfect opportunity to invent your perfect word and to see it published in a 'Dictionary for Dylan'. Emily Hinshelwood, the shed's writer in residence, will be tweeting and blogging these words of the week; she will also be running short workshops from the shed. (Cynfelyn)… (more)Robb Dimmick: Christmas Stories Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales.; Truman Capote, A Christmas Memory. Storyteller Robb Dimmick, who grew up in Hanover, will perform dramatic readings of Dylan Thomas' "A Child's Christmas in Wales" and Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory". The performance is aimed at adults, but will be appropriate for children in late elementary school and up. (howe_library)
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