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Dylan Thomas

ディラン・トマス　/　でぃらん・とます

Poet from United Kingdom

October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953　・　Swansea, United Kingdom

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My Take

Dylan Thomas is, for me, the rare poet whose lines you feel in your chest before you understand them. "Do not go gentle into that good night" still functions as pure incantation, defiance distilled to a rhythm. What strikes me most is how oral his genius was: Under Milk Wood and A Child's Christmas in Wales were built for the ear, for the radio, for being spoken aloud. He died at thirty-nine, which feels like a theft. But the density of what he left behind means his voice never quite goes quiet, and I keep returning to it.

Overview

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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Dylan Thomas
Name (Japanese): ディラン・トマス
Reading: でぃらん・とます
Born: October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Tiger
Origin: Swansea, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: poet / writer / playwright / screenwriter / novelist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

1953 Taormina prize

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.dylanthomas.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9

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