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1935 - 1953 (Creation)
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- Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953
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1 cm of textual records
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Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet who first achieved recognition with "Eighteen Poems" (1934). He wrote both prose and radio plays, including "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog" (1940), "Deaths and Entrances" (1946), "Under Milkwood" (1954), and "Adventures in the Skin Trade" (1955).
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The collection consists of mainly of correspondence. Most of the letters are from Dylan Thomas to John Lehmann, David (Tennent ?), G.V. Roberts and Clifford Dyment. Also included are letters from Daniel Jones and Vernon Watkins to (G.V.?) Roberts and from Denys (Kilham Roberts?) to Lehmann. The letters relate to personal activities and various literary matters. The other material is ephemera: a b/w postcard of the Augustus John portrait of Dylan Thomas, and a clipping of Thomas' obit. from The Tenby Observer and Country News, Nov. 18, 1953.
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English poetry--20th century; Poets, Welsh--20th century--Correspondence
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- Roberts, G. V. (Subject)
- Tennent, David (Subject)
- Dyment, Clifford, 1914-1970 (Subject)
- Jones, Daniel, 1912-1993 (Subject)
- Lehmann, John, 1907-1987 (Subject)
- Roberts, Denys Kilham, 1903-1976 (Subject)
- Watkins, Vernon Phillips, 1906-1967 (Subject)
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Revised by JF, June 26, 2013.