Dylan (Marlais) Thomas: Year of Celebration
In 2012 the Welsh government announced a Year of Celebration across Wales, the United Kingdom and around the world for the centenary in 2014 of the birth of poet and writer Dylan Thomas. Born on 27 October 1914 in the industrial seaport city of Swansea in Carmarthenshire he has been hailed as one of the most important poets of the century whose lyrics rank among the most powerful and captivating of modern poetry. He wrote poetry while still at…