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Born in Swansea, Thomas began writing as a reporter for the South Wales Evening Post. Eighteen Poems published in 1934 established him in literary circles. Further poems and short stories were published as Twenty-Five Poems (1936), The Map of Love (1939), Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (1940) and Deaths and Entrances (1946), including his best-known poem 'Fern Hill'. During the Second World War, Thomas was a regular broadcaster on BBC radio and he toured America in 1950, 1952 and 1953. Thomas completed the 1954 radio play Under Milk Wood in May 1953, shortly before his untimely death from alcohol abuse. It was first broadcast by the BBC in January 1954.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Dylan Thomas

Date

1940

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 45.7 x W 30.5 cm

Accession number

4284

Acquisition method

Purchased, 1962

Work type

Painting

National Portrait Gallery, London

St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England

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Artist or maker

Rupert Shephard

1909–1992

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