dylan thomas

     

NYC's White Horse Tavern is the spot where this Welsh poet imbibed his last before his untimely death in 1953

Trivia about dylan thomas

  • "Do not go gentle into" Vesuvio, a favorite watering hole of the Beat generation & of this Welsh poet
  • "A Child's Christmas in Wales" by this Welsh poet was published in 1955, 2 years after his death
  • Bob Dylan appears as does this poet from whom he may have taken his stage name
  • The Boathouse, this poet's writing shed in Laugharne, Wales, is now a museum
  • After World War II, this Welsh poet served as a commentator on poetry for the BBC
  • Poet who relived his boyhood in “A Child's Christmas in Wales”
  • Born Robert Allen Zimmerman, Bob took his stage name from this man born in Swansea, Wales in 1914
  • He read almost as well as he wrote: "Do not go gentle into that good night..."
  • He did "Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" but died at age 39 after years of hard drinking & debauchery
  • A poet, 1953:"I've had 18 straight whiskies, I think that's the record"
  • Alec Guiness portrayed this pub-crawling poet in 1964 play set in America & Wales
  • His classic 1946 poem "Fern Hill" was inspired by a relative's farm in Wales
  • In his "Under Milk Wood", the inhabitants & ghosts of a tiny Welsh village tell their stories
  • An overdose of alcohol helped kill this Welsh poet on Nov. 9, 1953
  • His 1954 play "Under Milkwood", was originally written for radio
  • "Do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day"
  • This Welsh poet did not go gentle into that good night but died at age 39 in NYC after drinking 18 whiskies
  • "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog" is a collection of stories about this poet's youth in Wales
  • Saint Martin's Churchyard in Laugharne, Wales is where this poet wound up after drinking himself to death
  • This Welsh poet's "Fern Hill" says, "Now as I was young & easy under the apple boughs ...& happy as the grass was green"
  • Augustus John, known for his portrait of this Welsh poet, introduced the poet to his future wife Caitlin
  • In "A Refusal To Mourn the Death" of a child, he wrote, "After the first death, there is no other"
  • In 1952 this poet told us to "Rage, rage against the dying of the light"
  • Poet who implored you, "Do not go gentle into that good night/old age should burn and rave at close of day"
  • Where's Mr. Waldo? In this Welsh poet's "Under Milk Wood"
  • "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog" is a collection of stories about this poet's youth in Wales
  • His play "Under Milk Wood", about the inhabitants of a Welsh seaside town, was published posthumously
  • His 1946 poem "Fern Hill" describes the joys of visiting a family farm in Wales as a child
  • His 1940 "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog" is semi-autobiographical
  • For his dying father, this Welshman wrote the poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"
  • (Alex: Now, we'll hear from Sofia) 567 Hudson, the White Horse Tavern, where Bob Dylan hung out a few years after this other famous Dylan
  • This hard-drinking Welshman was residing in NYC's Chelsea Hotel when he met an untimely demise in 1953