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Once out of school, he went
and worked as a reporter for the South Wales Daily Post, in Swansea,
from 1931 to 1932. He published his first book of poetry in 1934. He wed
Caitlin Macnamara (below) Throughout his life Thomas was known to be a bit of a drunkard. He took to liquor like a fish to water and that eventually led to his death. Dylan Marlais Thomas died of alcohol poisoning on November 9, 1953 at St. Vincent's Hospital at the age of thirty-eight. After his death his wife moved to Italy until her passing in 1994. |
Dylan
Marlais Thomas was
born on October 27, 1914 in Swansea, Wales, UK. He was the second child
and only son (sister Nancy) of the Thomas family. His father was a teacher
of English at the local
grammar school. Thomas feared and respected his father, while his mother
overindulged him and gave him anything he wanted. He was educated at the
Swansea Grammar School, where his father taught. 
in 1937. They had two sons and one daughter. This was a period of great
productivity for Thomas but he was still forced to take odd jobs to support
himself. He published short stories, wrote film scripts, spoke on the
radio, gave talks and made a series of lecture tours of the United States,
and wrote Under Milk Wood to make money.