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 ›
Dylan Thomas: Winter 2018/2019 News Round-up
Welcome to the winter 2018/2019 Dylan Thomas news round-up. Fern Hill Memorial Stone The newly restored Dylan Thomas memorial stone in Cwmdonkin Park was unveiled by artist Glenys Cour on November 9th, the 65th anniversary of Dylan’s death. The stone,… Read More ›
Dylan Thomas: Summer 2018 News Round-up
Welcome to the summer 2018 Dylan Thomas news round-up. Portrait purchased by National Portrait Gallery The National Portrait Gallery has acquired a portrait of the young Dylan Thomas by Augustus John. The painting, one of two portraits of Dylan completed… Read More ›
Dylan Thomas: Summer 2017 News Round-up
Welcome to the summer 2017 Dylan Thomas news round-up. In our first update since January we look back at the third International Dylan Thomas Day in May, and at the award of the 2017 Dylan Thomas Prize. We also look at… Read More ›
How Instagram celebrated International Dylan Thomas Day 2017
May 14 2017 marked the third International Dylan Thomas Day, an annual day of celebration on the anniversary of the first ever stage production of Dylan Thomas’s best known work, Under Milk Wood. Each year, users of social media are… Read More ›
International Dylan Thomas Day: A look back in pictures
On May 14th 2017 we will celebrate the third annual International Dylan Thomas Day. We’re taking a look back at the first two years and sharing images of some of the many celebrations that have taken place. The launch event… 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. […]
Unknown memoir of Dylan Thomas to be exhibited
Two manuscripts including a previously unknown memoir of Dylan Thomas are to be donated to the British Library after being exhibited at Swansea Museum. Professor John Goodby, of Swansea University, the leading authority on Dylan’s poetry, explains: There are three… 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 ›
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