A look back at the news and developments of 2020 in the world of Dylan Thomas and his legacy. January 2020 The long-list for the 2020 International Dylan Thomas Prize was announced at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India. The… Read More ›
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A Year’s Turning: Dylan Thomas in 2019
A look back at the news and developments of 2019 in the world of Dylan Thomas and his legacy. January 2019 The 65th anniversary of the publication of Under Milk Wood was the catalyst for a collaboration between BBC History… Read More ›
2016 Review of the year – Dylan Thomas News
2016 will perhaps be remembered most for the tumultuous political events that took place on both sides of the Atlantic, with the Brexit vote in the UK, and the election of Donald Trump in the US. In America at least, Dylan Thomas seems to have become a go-to-poet when words are required to express the emotions stirred by those political events. […]
September 2016 News Round-up
Welcome to our latest round-up of all things Dylan Thomas. We’ll be looking back at the second International Dylan Thomas Day in May, and at the award of the 2016 Dylan Thomas Prize. We’ll also look at exciting new acquisitions for Swansea University… Read More ›
Jack Black on stage as Dylan Thomas
Hollywood A-lister Jack Black joined the exclusive group of actors who’ve portrayed Dylan Thomas when he took to the stage in Los Angeles on June 14th. Black took part in a stage reading, at the Geffen Playhouse, of an award-winning screenplay by Melissa… Read More ›
March 2016 News Round-up
After a quiet start to the year the build-up has begun to the second International Dylan Thomas Day on May 14. May will also see the publication in paperback of The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas, the award of the… Read More ›
2015 Review of the year – Dylan Thomas News
We had every reason to think that 2015 might be a bad case of the morning-after-the-night-before; a rapid comedown from the 15-month-long party that was the Dylan Thomas centenary, that unique and unprecedented celebration of a 20th century poet. Particularly… Read More ›
November 2015 News Round-up
In our latest news round up we hear about a number of celebrations of Dylan Thomas and his work. Tenby has celebrated a unique event in 1953 with a plaque; National Poetry Day saw Dylan’s work being showcased; and a little-known poem… Read More ›
August 2015 News Round-up
In our latest news round up we reflect on the success of the inaugural International Dylan Thomas Day, look back on how Dylan’s connections to Cornwall have been recognised, hear about discoveries in the Hugh MacDiarmid archive, and we hear the… Read More ›
May 2015 News Round-up
14 May 2015 will mark the first annual International Dylan Thomas Day, a day when we are invited to “celebrate the magic of Dylan Thomas’ words”. May 14th is the anniversary of the first stage performance of Under Milk Wood, when Dylan… Read More ›
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