Dylan thomas rage7/5/2023 Laugharne had been the scene of some of his greatest writing and now it was his final resting place.ĭylan Thomas produced great, memorable poetry, much of which found its way into the consciousness of those who read his work, and remains there still. His body was returned to the sleepy small Welsh town where he and his beloved Caitlin had lived a loving but turbulent life. He had been at yet another party, in his honour, but left it early only to go out by himself on a fatal drinking spree numbering some ‘eighteen straight whiskeys’ (his own words). The tragedy of the First World War barely touched the upstairs front bedroom of his parents newly built house at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, but the clouds over Europe were darkening by the hour.ĩ November 1953, after a gruelling trip around the bars and theatres of New York, enthralling all who came to pay homage to this great writer with his new play “Under Milk Wood”, he died. They are thus:Ģ7 October 1914, born at home as was the custom then, Dylan Marlais Thomas entered a world that was hell bent on self-destruction. Where does one start with the briefest of accounts of this man, this great Welsh poet of the twentieth century? Perhaps we should just look at the stark facts of the beginning and ending of a life cut tragically short.
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