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  • NAME: Dylan Thomas
  • OCCUPATION: Poet
  • BIRTH DATE: October 27, 1914
  • DEATH DATE: November 09, 1953
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Swansea, Wales
  • PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
  • Full Name: Dylan Marlais Thomas

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Writer Dylan Thomas is best known for the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," the play "Under Milk Wood," and for his heavy drinking.

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Welshman Dylan Thomas left school at 16 to become a reporter and writer. His most famous poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" was published in 1952. Thomas's prose includes Under Milk Wood (1954) and A Child's Christmas in Wales (1955). He was in high demand for his sonorous readings, but debt and heavy drinking took their toll, and he died while on tour in 1953.

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