Dylan Thomas was an instant star regardless of the fact that he had low levels of education. At the age of 20 Dylan Thomas
was in London and won the Poets Corner Award, which accounted for the the sponsorship of his first collection of
poems. Dylan released this first book of poems called 18 Poems, which the critics loved.
Starting in 1950 Dylan Thomas started touring in America doing poetry readings and on the air broadcasts. This made Dylan undeniably loved.
Known for his theatrical, exaggerated readings, deep voice, and free spirit behavior, Dylan Thomas raised the bar for artistic celebrates
sometimes being called the first rock n roll poet.
Dylan has also had many criticisms though. the biggest of these being that he stuck to one focus the whole time he wrote.
These would be the topics of birth and life and death. This makes him a hard poet to compare to other great poets
such as Robert Frost, Robert Lowell, William Rose Benet and man others.
John Malcolm Brinnin who commented on Dylan Thomas's fame as he said in the book Dylan Thomas in America, "If
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Thomas had been known for no other writing than the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,"
his reputation might still have been secure. In fact, though, he wrote a great enough volume of quality poems, stories, and
plays to assure his reputation as one of the true geniuses of modern literary life."
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Thomas first became known 1934 with his first book book Eighteen Poems.
Following this was A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, as well as the scripts he wrote for documentary motion
pictures during World War Two. Later in life he was a literary commentator for BBC Radio.
