Dylan Thomas Quotes


To begin at the beginning: It is a spring moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.


Citations

Thomas, Dylan. Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices. New Directions Publishing, 1954, p. 1.

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Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas
  • Born: October 27, 1914
  • Died: November 9, 1953
  • Nationality: Welsh
  • Profession: Poet Writer

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. 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".