Dylan Thomas (häftad, eng)

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Dylan Thomas (1914-53) was born in Swansea and educated at Swansea Grammar SchoolHe worked as a journalist and screenwriter in Swansea and London, contributing frequently to BBC Radio. His publications included The Map of Love (1939), Deaths and Entrances (1946) and Collected Poems (1952). Under Milk Wood, ''a play for voices'', appeared posthumously.