[46][49] Thomas liked to comment that he and Caitlin were in bed together ten minutes after they first met. "The Ambiguous Reversal of Dylan Thomas's "In Country Sleep. [20] Thomas' formal education began at Mrs Hole's dame school, a private school on Mirador Crescent, a few streets away from his home. [3][177] When Thomas travelled in America, he recited some of Hardy's work in his readings.[177]. 6 Popular Images John Harris . He had served as an anti-aircraft gunner but was rejected for more active combat due to illness. In 1940, Thomas and his wife moved to London. [25][26] During his final school years he began writing poetry in notebooks; the first poem, dated 27 April (1930), is entitled "Osiris, come to Isis". [123], Thomas spent the last nine or ten days of his third tour in New York mostly in the company of Reitell, with whom he had an affair. The poets chosen by Dylan Thomas to read and comment upon throughout his lecture tours in America and which are included in this volume feature such names as W. H. Auden, W. B. Yeats, Edith Sitwell, John Betjeman, Thomas Hardy, Wilfred Owen and Dylan Thomas's personal friend, Vernon Watkins. [38] In September 1935, Thomas met Vernon Watkins, thus beginning a lifelong friendship. His main collections of poems are … [120] A week later, the work was performed with a full cast at the Poetry Centre in New York. Dylan Thomas’ poetry, however, does not fall into the typical contemporary mold. Reitell's doctor, Milton Feltenstein, put his arm in plaster and treated him for gout and gastritis. [147][nb 10], Thomas was admitted to the emergency ward at St Vincent's Hospital at 1:58 am. Six friends from the village carried Thomas' coffin. [167], Thomas' widow, Caitlin, died in 1994 and was buried alongside him. At the post-mortem, the pathologist found three causes of death – pneumonia, brain swelling and a fatty liver. His most famous poem, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good … [12] His middle name, Marlais, was given in honour of his great-uncle, William Thomas, a Unitarian minister and poet whose bardic name was Gwilym Marles. [146] Feltenstein came to see him three times that day, administering the cortisone secretant ACTH by injection and, on his third visit, half a grain (32.4 milligrams) of morphine sulphate, which affected his breathing. His father was an English Literature professor at the local grammar school and would often recite Shakespeare, fortifying Thomas's love for the rhythmic ballads of Gerard Manley Hopkins, W. B. Yeats, and Edgar Allan Poe. [184] Jacob Korg believes that one can classify Thomas's fiction work into two main bodies: vigorous fantasies in a poetic style and, after 1939, more straightforward narratives. He continued with his work for the BBC, completed a number of film scripts and worked further on his ideas for Under Milk Wood. [117] One of his works recorded during this time, A Child's Christmas in Wales, became his most popular prose work in America. In 2014, to celebrate the centenary of Thomas's birth, the British Council Wales undertook a year-long programme of cultural and educational works. They eventually settled at Laugharne, in the Boat House where Thomas would write many of his later poems. He died on 9 November 1953 and his body was returned to Wales. [43] In 1936, his next collection Twenty-five Poems, published by J. M. Dent, also received much critical praise. Thomas was financially committed to going. She met Thomas at Idlewild Airport and was shocked at his appearance, as he looked "pale, delicate and shaky, not his usual robust self". [118], In April 1953, Thomas returned alone for a third tour of America. [108] Despite Cleverdon's urges, the script slipped from Thomas's priorities and in early 1951 he took a trip to Iran to work on a film for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. [155], Caitlin Thomas' autobiographies, Caitlin Thomas – Leftover Life to Kill (1957) and My Life with Dylan Thomas: Double Drink Story (1997), describe the effects of alcohol on the poet and on their relationship. Thomas' elder son, Llewelyn, died in 2000, his daughter, Aeronwy in 2009 and his youngest son Colm in 2012. [94] After a three-month holiday in Italy, Thomas and family moved, in September 1947, into the Manor House in South Leigh, just west of Oxford. Macnamara and Thomas engaged in an affair and married in 1937. In 1943, he wrote and recorded a 15-minute talk entitled "Reminiscences of Childhood" for the Welsh BBC. Word Count: 324. The originality of his work makes categorization difficult. In Swansea's maritime quarter are the Dylan Thomas Theatre, home of the Swansea Little Theatre of which Thomas was once a member, and the former Guildhall built in 1825 and now occupied by the Dylan Thomas Centre, a literature centre, where exhibitions and lectures are held and setting for the annual Dylan Thomas Festival. Ferris in his 1989 work gives Thomas's arrival in New York as 19 October (p. 329) while FitzGibbon writing in 1965 states 20 October (p. 391). Thomas was indulged by his mother and enjoyed being mollycoddled, a trait he carried into adulthood, and he was skilful in gaining attention and sympathy. And, when I began to read the nursery rhymes for myself, and, later, to read other verses and ballads, I knew that I had discovered the most important things, to me, that could be ever. It feels like being there at the time … [124] During this time, Thomas fractured his arm falling down a flight of stairs when drunk. [153], Who once were a bloom of wayside brides in the hawed house Reitell became increasingly concerned and telephoned Feltenstein for advice. Olson continued that in a postmodern age[clarification needed] that continually attempted to demand that poetry have social reference, none could be found in Thomas's work,[citation needed] and that his work was so obscure that critics could not explicate it. [144] Thomas had an appointment at a clam house in New Jersey with Todd on 4 November. [96] In 2004, the Dylan Thomas Prize was created in his honour, awarded to the best published writer in English under the age of 30. [129] In 1954, the play won the Prix Italia for literary or dramatic programmes. Contemporary poets have not limited themselves to the pastoral themes originally expressed by the free-form villanelles of the Renaissance, and have loosened the fixed form to allow variations on the refrains. [106] 1950 is also believed[by whom?] In their 2004 book Dylan Remembered 1935–1953, Volume 2, David N. Thomas and Dr Simon Barton disclose that Thomas was found to have pneumonia when he was admitted to hospital in a coma. "Ours was not only a love story, it was a drink story, because without alcohol it would never had got on its rocking feet", she wrote,[156] and "The bar was our altar. [163] Caitlin, without her customary hat, walked behind the coffin, with his childhood friend Daniel Jones at her arm and her mother by her side. [92] Despite this, Thomas became a familiar radio voice and within Britain was "in every sense a celebrity". The children spoke only English, though their parents wer… The next day he visited a doctor for a smallpox vaccination certificate. view Thomas as part of the modernism and romanticism movements,[171] From the raging moon, I write But now, a new theory", "Aeronwy Thomas Ellis: Poet who promoted the legacy of her father Dylan Thomas", "Colm Thomas, Dylan Thomas's last surviving child, dies", "Review of Dylan Thomas: His Life & Work by John Ackerman", "The Nation's Favourite Poet Result – TS Eliot is your winner! In one show, "Quite Early One Morning," he experimented with the characters and ideas that would later appear in his poetic radio play Under Milk Wood (1953). [88][90] Thomas remained a popular guest on radio talk shows for the BBC, who regarded him as "useful should a younger generation poet be needed". Eliot. He later stated that he believed they were "intellectual muckpots leaning on a theory". Ian F. Rolon Romero Modern Poetry Prof. L. Flores May 17 th, 2010 Essay # 2. Round the griefs of the ages, [10] Thomas had one sibling, Nancy Marles (1906–1953), who was eight years his senior. Thomas's work in particular was criticised. Dylan Thomas’s boathouse at Laugharne Having met Caitlin Macnamara in 1936 in the Wheatsheaf Pub in London’s West End, they embarked on a passionate affair culminating in their marriage on 11 July 1937 in Mousehole, Cornwall, against the wishes of Dylan’s parents. [220], Thomas reads "And death shall have no dominion" for a 1953 recording, Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means. The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas contains poems that Thomas personally decided best represented his work. After these trips, Warner would bring Thomas back for supper with his aunt. Brinnin, who was director of the Poetry Centre, did not travel to New York but remained in Boston to write. The film was never made, with Thomas returning to Wales in February, though his time there allowed him to provide a few minutes of material for a BBC documentary entitled 'Persian Oil'. Thomas acknowledged that he returned to Wales when he had difficulty writing, and John Ackerman argues that "His inspiration and imagination were rooted in his Welsh background". [115] They drank heavily, and Thomas began to suffer with gout and lung problems. He suggested she get male assistance, so she called upon the painter Jack Heliker, who arrived before 11 pm. [22], In October 1925, Thomas enrolled at Swansea Grammar School for boys, in Mount Pleasant, where his father taught English. [196], Thomas's work and stature as a poet have been much debated by critics and biographers since his death. [125][126] Thomas flew to the States on 19 October 1953 for what would be his final tour. [179][180][nb 12] Critics have explored the origins of Thomas's mythological pasts in his works such as "The Orchards", which Ann Elizabeth Mayer believes reflects the Welsh myths of the Mabinogion. Of the 90 poems he published, half were written during these years. [11], In his free time, he joined the amateur dramatic group at the Little Theatre in Mumbles, visited the cinema in Uplands, took walks along Swansea Bay, and frequented Swansea's pubs, especially the Antelope and the Mermaid Hotels in Mumbles. Time held me green and dying If they have a secret it is the one we all share, partly erotic, partly elegiac. The company soon went bankrupt, but Thomas's scripts, "Me and My Bike," "Rebecca's Daughters," and "The Beach at Falesa," were made into films. [193] Though FitzGibbon asserts that Thomas's negativity towards Welsh nationalism was fostered by his father's hostility towards the Welsh language. though attempts to pigeon-hole him within a particular neo-romantic school have been unsuccessful. [193][194] While often attributed to Thomas himself, this line actually comes from the character Owen Morgan-Vaughan, in the screenplay Thomas wrote for the 1948 British melodrama The Three Weird Sisters. Thomas, Dylan Thomas, R. S. Tóibín, Colm Travel Writing Trollope, Anthony Tudor Literature Utopian and Dystopian Literature to 1800 Vampire Fiction Verse Satire from the Renaissance to the Romantic Period Webster, John Welsh, Irvine Welsh Poetry, Medieval [nb 8] Although he complained of chest trouble and gout while still in Britain, there is no record that he received medical treatment for either condition. She imposed some of her religious influence on her gifted son. [105] The writer Elizabeth Hardwick recalled how intoxicating a performer he was and how the tension would build before a performance: "Would he arrive only to break down on the stage? When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone, After returning to the hotel, he went out again for a drink at 2 am. Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means Would some dismaying scene take place at the faculty party? Goodby believes that Thomas has been mainly snubbed since the 1970s and has become "... an embarrassment to twentieth-century poetry criticism",[207] his work failing to fit standard narratives and thus being ignored rather than studied.[208]. [137] He handed responsibility to his assistant, Liz Reitell, who was keen to see Thomas for the first time since their three-week romance early in the year. "[157] Biographer Andrew Lycett ascribed the decline in Thomas' health to an alcoholic co-dependent relationship with his wife, who deeply resented his extramarital affairs. [91] He had an uneasy relationship with BBC management and a staff job was never an option, with drinking cited as the problem. They were later collected in Dylan Thomas: The Filmscripts (JM Dent & Sons, 1995). [33] In 1933, Thomas visited London for probably the first time. [2] By then he had acquired a reputation, which he had encouraged, as a "roistering, drunken and doomed poet".[3]. Dylan Thomas is definitely a literary figure you should know. [112] She bought a property, 54 Delancey Street, in Camden Town, and in late 1951 Thomas and Caitlin lived in the basement flat. Born in Swansea, Wales, Dylan Thomas is famous for his acutely lyrical and emotional poetry, as well as his turbulent personal life. [24] In his first year one of his poems was published in the school's magazine, and before he left he became its editor. [76] In March 1943, Caitlin gave birth to a daughter, Aeronwy, in London. In May 1949, Thomas and his family moved to his final home, the Boat House at Laugharne, purchased for him at a cost of £2,500 in April 1949 by Margaret Taylor. Later, he went drinking with Reitell at the White Horse and, feeling sick again, returned to the hotel. On these spindrift pages He saw men and women locked in cycles of growth, love, procreation, new growth, death, and new life. [161] His body was brought back to Wales for burial in the village churchyard at Laugharne. [200] Those that have championed his work have found the criticism baffling. [109] Early that year, Thomas wrote two poems, which Thomas' principal biographer, Paul Ferris describes as "unusually blunt"; the ribald "Lament" and an ode, in the form of a villanelle, to his dying father "Do not go gentle into that good night". [136], Plans called for a first appearance at a rehearsal of Under Milk Wood at the Poetry Centre. Reitell gave him half a grain (32.4 milligrams) of phenobarbitone to help him sleep and spent the night at the hotel with him. In those days, Thomas used to frequent the cinema on Mondays with Tom Warner who, like Watkins, had recently suffered a nervous breakdown. Summarising their findings, they conclude: "The medical notes indicate that, on admission, Dylan's bronchial disease was found to be very extensive, affecting upper, mid and lower lung fields, both left and right. [152], The publication of John Brinnin's 1955 biography Dylan Thomas in America cemented Thomas' legacy as the "doomed poet"; Brinnin focuses on Thomas's last few years and paints a picture of him as a drunk and a philanderer. On 25 November 1953, he was interred at St Martin's churchyard in Laugharne. [53] Their first child, Llewelyn Edouard, was born on 30 January 1939. [164][165] The procession to the church was filmed and the wake took place at Brown's Hotel. [213] Thomas's writing shed is also preserved. A list of contemporary female poets and also female poets before the 20th Century; Contemporary American Poets. Themes and style. [99] [52] In early 1938, they moved to Wales, renting a cottage in the village of Laugharne, Carmarthenshire. 4 Dylan Thomas and his Welsh Contemporaries James A. Davies. Nor for the towering dead "[198] The Poetry Archive notes that "Dylan Thomas's detractors accuse him of being drunk on language as well as whiskey, but whilst there's no doubt that the sound of language is central to his style, he was also a disciplined writer who re-drafted obsessively". [154] Dr C. G. de Gutierrez-Mahoney, the doctor who treated Thomas while at St. Vincents, concluded that Feltenstein's failure to see that Thomas was gravely ill and have him admitted to hospital sooner "was even more culpable than his use of morphine". In his 1989 biography of Thomas, Ferris claims that two of Thomas's friends had stated that they met him in London in 1932, though his late 1933 visit to the city is the first for which evidence exists. In 2013, Dylan was featured – alongside Rande Cook, lessLIE, and Francis Dick – in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s Urban Thunderbirds/Ravens in a Material World art show, and in 2016, Dylan held his first solo exhibit, titled Sacred Geometry, at Alcheringa Gallery in Victoria. Contemporary Poets » Modern Poets » Dylan Thomas. In 1934, the publication of "Light breaks where no sun shines" caught the attention of the literary world. [11] The children spoke only English, though their parents were bilingual in English and Welsh, and David Thomas gave Welsh lessons at home. And death shall have no dominion. Although Thomas wrote exclusively in the English language, he has been acknowledged as one of the most important Welsh poets of the 20th century. Several of his poems have passed into the […] The first poems I knew were nursery rhymes and before I could read them for myself I had come to love the words of them. [100], American poet John Brinnin invited Thomas to New York, where in 1950 they embarked on a lucrative three-month tour of arts centres and campuses. [11] Sales of both books were poor, resulting in Thomas living on meagre fees from writing and reviewing. [209] Outside the centre stands a bronze statue of Thomas, by John Doubleday. At this time he borrowed heavily from friends and acquaintances. 7 Poetry Wales and the Second Flowering Tony Conran. Unlike his contemporaries, T. S. Eliot and W. H. Auden, for example, Thomas was not concerned with exhibiting themes of social and intellectual issues. "[15] Caitlin said in her memoir, "Nobody ever needed encouragement less, and he was drowned in it. Davenport was, for many years, literary editor of, The reason for being graded unsuitable for military service is vague. Born in Swansea, Wales in 1914, Thomas began writing poetry at an early age. Other poets from whom critics believe Thomas drew influence include James Joyce, Arthur Rimbaud and D. H. Lawrence. 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His mother said it was due to "punctured lungs", while Vernon Watkins believed it was "scarred" lungs. Dylan was exposed to the art at a young age because his family continues to participate in their culture and tradition. [76] The affairs either ran out of steam or were halted after Caitlin discovered his infidelity. [89] He appeared in the play Comus for the Third Programme, the day after the network launched, and his rich, sonorous voice led to character parts, including the lead in Aeschylus' Agamemnon and Satan in an adaptation of Paradise Lost. Search more than 3,000 biographies of contemporary and classic poets. During his fourth trip to New York in 1953, Thomas became gravely ill and fell into a coma. [135] Thomas told her he had had a terrible week, had missed her terribly and wanted to go to bed with her. They then went to the White Horse Tavern in Greenwich Village, before returning to the Chelsea Hotel. With their nightingales and psalms [nb 7], Thomas's last collection Collected Poems, 1934–1952, published when he was 38, won the Foyle poetry prize. Thomas's father chose the name Dylan, which could be translated as "son of the sea", after Dylan ail Don, a character in The Mabinogion. He once wrote, "Land of my fathers, and my fathers can keep it". [125] He died in New York before the BBC could record Under Milk Wood. Our Country (1945) was a romantic tour of Britain set to Thomas' poetry. ", "Generosity was repaid with mockery and insults", "Letter from Ruthven Todd to poet and broadcaster Louis MacNeice", "History has Dylan Thomas dying from drink. Castle Street was one of many streets that suffered badly; rows of shops, including the Kardomah Café, were destroyed. Thomas was the archetypal Romantic poet of the popular American imagination—he was theatrical, engaged in roaring disputes in public, and read his work aloud with tremendous depth of feeling. [145] An ambulance was summoned. 18 Poems was noted for its visionary qualities which led to critic Desmond Hawkins writing that the work was "the sort of bomb that bursts no more than once in three years". [176] When he wrote to Stephen Spender in 1952, thanking him for a review of his Collected Poems, he added "Oh, & I forgot. He met the deadline only after being locked in a room by Brinnin's assistant, Liz Reitell, and was still editing the script on the afternoon of the performance; its last lines were handed to the actors as they put on their makeup. "[190] Fellow poet and critic Glyn Jones believed that any traces of cynghanedd in Thomas's work were accidental, although he felt Thomas consciously employed one element of Welsh metrics; that of counting syllables per line instead of feet. Welshman Dylan Thomas was a reporter and prominent writer in the early 20th century. [28][29] In 1931, when he was 16, Thomas left school to become a reporter for the South Wales Daily Post, only to leave under pressure 18 months later. [201] Amis was far harsher, finding little of merit in his work, and claiming that he was 'frothing at the mouth with piss. [13] In all, he wrote half his poems while living at Cwmdonkin Drive before moving to London. read this poet's poems Dylan Marlais Thomas was born on October 27, 1914, in Swansea, South Wales. [37][44], In early 1936, Thomas met Caitlin Macnamara (1913–94), a 22-year-old blonde-haired, blue-eyed dancer of Irish and French descent. The scurrying, furred small friars squeal in the dowse "And death shall have no dominion" appeared in the New English Weekly in May 1933. On his last night in London, he had another in the company of his fellow poet Louis MacNeice. Air pollution in New York had risen significantly and exacerbated chest illnesses such as Thomas had. Thomas dropped out of school at sixteen to become a junior reporter for the South Wales Daily Post. The second tour was the most intensive of the four, taking in 46 engagements. [83][84], By late September 1945, the Thomases had left Wales and were living with various friends in London. Critical studies have been clouded by Thomas's personality and mythology, especially his drunken persona and death in New York. [192], Although Thomas had a deep connection with Wales, he disliked Welsh nationalism. [216] Highlights included a touring replica of Thomas's work shed, Sir Peter Blake's exhibition of illustrations based on Under Milk Wood and a 36-hour marathon of readings, which included Michael Sheen and Sir Ian McKellen performing Thomas's work. [citation needed] Elder Olson, in his 1954 critical study of Thomas's poetry, wrote of "... a further characteristic which distinguished Thomas's work from that of other poets. Not for the proud man apart It was during this time, in his late teens, that Thomas wrote more than half of his collected poems. This book came out of a collection of poetry notebooks that Thomas had written years earlier, as would many of his most popular books. FitzGibbon, in his 1965 biography, lists 39 venues visited in the first U.S. trip, compiled with the help of John Brinnin, but accepts that some locations may have been missed. The BBC submitted the play posthumously along with a French translation by. [nb 14] Constantine Fitzgibbon,who was his first in-depth biographer, wrote "No major English poet has ever been as Welsh as Dylan". [215] The plaque is also inscribed with the last two lines of Fern Hill. He is a dazzling obscure writer who can be enjoyed without understanding. Upset at the sight, he concluded: "Our Swansea is dead". Dylan 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 death shall have no dominion”. [need quotation to verify] Thomas saw biology as a magical transformation producing unity out of diversity, and in his poetry sought a poetic ritual to celebrate this unity. [187][188] Caitlin Thomas wrote that he worked "in a fanatically narrow groove, although there was nothing narrow about the depth and understanding of his feelings. [nb 3] Saddened to see his friends going on active service, he continued drinking and struggled to support his family. [48] Thomas' father "DJ" died on 16 December 1952 and his mother Florence in August 1958. In 1947 Thomas was awarded a Traveling Scholarship from the Society of Authors. By December of 1932, he left his job at the Post and decided to concentrate on his poetry full-time. On November 9, 1953, he died at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City at the age of thirty-nine. [135] On 3 November, Thomas spent most of the day in bed drinking. Robert Pocock, a friend from the BBC, recalled "I only once heard Dylan express an opinion on Welsh Nationalism. ... his lyricism and intense emotion have more in common with the romantics than this contemporaries. Caitlin gave birth to their third child, a boy named Colm Garan Hart, on 25 July 1949. [58] Hounded by creditors, Thomas and his family left Laugharne in July 1940 and moved to the home of critic John Davenport in Marshfield, Gloucestershire. D. N. Thomas concurs that Feltenstein eventually returned at 1 am and summoned the ambulance, although it took nearly another hour to get him admitted to the hospital. I tumbled for words at once. William York Tindall, in his 1962 study, A Reader's Guide to Dylan Thomas, finds comparison between Thomas's and Joyce's wordplay, while he notes the themes of rebirth and nature are common to the works of Lawrence and Thomas. [68][69][70], In May 1941, Thomas and Caitlin left their son with his grandmother at Blashford and moved to London. He gradually gained a large following and his unique style was imitated by many of his contemporaries. It was unclassifiable. [178][nb 11] Although Thomas described himself as the "Rimbaud of Cwmdonkin Drive", he stated that the phrase "Swansea's Rimbaud" was coined by poet Roy Campbell. Many of his works appeared in print while he was still a teenager. On one occasion, when she served him a boiled egg, she had to cut its top off for him, as Thomas did not know how to do this. [140], On the evening of 27 October Thomas attended his 39th birthday party but felt unwell and returned to his hotel after an hour. [107] The task of seeing this work through to production was assigned to the BBC's Douglas Cleverdon, who had been responsible for casting Thomas in 'Paradise Lost'. Would he be offensive, violent, obscene? [148] Later, speculation arose about drugs and diabetes. [72] Strand produced films for the MOI; Thomas scripted at least five films in 1942, This Is Colour (a history of the British dyeing industry) and New Towns For Old (on post-war reconstruction). Kenneth O. Morgan counter-argues that it is a 'difficult enterprise' to find traces of cynghanedd (consonant harmony) or cerdd dafod (tongue-craft) in Thomas's poetry. Thomas favoured the Anglicised pronunciation and gave instructions that it should be Dillan /ˈdɪlən/.[11][15]. [96] Just before moving into there, Thomas rented "Pelican House" opposite his regular drinking den, Brown's Hotel, for his parents[97][98] who lived there from 1949 until 1953. In his life he avoided becoming involved with literary groups or movements, and unlike other prominent writers of the 1930s—such as W.H. Harvard-teaching philologist Richard Thomas and I agree on this: to be Bob Dylan’s contemporaries is a privilege. At the time, she was the mistress of painter Augustus John. David Thomas in Fatal Neglect: Who Killed Dylan Thomas? The Kardomah Café reopened on Portland Street after the war. They shall have stars at elbow and foot; No honest writer today can possibly avoid being influenced by Freud through his pioneering work into the Unconscious and by the influence of those discoveries on the scientific, philosophic, and artistic work of his contemporaries: but not, by any means, necessarily through Freud's own writing. [81] The original 1952 recording of A Child's Christmas in Wales was a 2008 selection for the United States National Recording Registry, stating that it is "credited with launching the audiobook industry in the United States". [clarification needed][30] Thomas continued to work as a freelance journalist for several years, during which time he remained at Cwmdonkin Drive and continued to add to his notebooks, amassing 200 poems in four books between 1930 and 1934.
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