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[[Image:Dylanthomas.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Portrait of the artist as a young dog]]

[[Image:Dylanthomas.jpg|right|thumb|200px|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 the villanelle ''Do not go Gentle into that Good Night.'' <ref>The only other modern English villanelle of equal significance is William Empson's "Missing Dates." Inspired by the death of Thomas' own father, it is a searing howl of protest at the inevitability of oblivion: [http://www.bigeye.com/donotgo.htm ''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.'']</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 the villanelle ''Do not go Gentle into that Good Night.'' <ref>The only other modern English villanelle of equal significance is William Empson's "Missing Dates." Inspired by the death of Thomas' own father, it is a searing howl of protest at the inevitability of oblivion: [http://www.bigeye.com/donotgo.htm ''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.'']</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]]''.

==Under Milk Wood==

==Under Milk Wood==

*[http://www.undermilkwood.net/prose_umw1.html Listen to the full version of ''Under Milk Wood - A Play for Voices'', recorded by the BBC in 1963, and broadcast on The Third Programme on November 10, 1963.]  

*[http://www.undermilkwood.net/prose_umw1.html Listen to the full version of ''Under Milk Wood - A Play for Voices'', recorded by the BBC in 1963, and broadcast on The Third Programme on November 10, 1963.]  

*[http://www.dylanthomas.com/ The Dylan Thomas Homepage.]

*[http://www.dylanthomas.com/ The Dylan Thomas Homepage.]