HIS WORK
Dylan Thomas's Work
Other Work
Dylan Thomas wrote prolifically from a very young age, with his first poem being published in his school magazine.
His work took many forms, including scripts for radio broadcasts, radio plays, short stories, films and an unfinished novel, although he is best known for poetry.
Dylan’s most popular poems include ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ and ‘And Death Shall have No Dominion’. He also included poetry in his famous play for voices, ‘Under Milk Wood’.
His work took many forms, including scripts for radio broadcasts, radio plays, short stories, films and an unfinished novel, although he is best known for poetry.
Dylan’s most popular poems include ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ and ‘And Death Shall have No Dominion’. He also included poetry in his famous play for voices, ‘Under Milk Wood’.
Poetry collections
1934 18 Poems
1936 Twenty-Five Poems
1939 The Map of Love
1943 New Poems
1946 Deaths and Entrances
1950 Twenty-Six Poems
1952 In Country Sleep
1952 Collected Poems, 1934–1952
Collected prose
1940 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, Dent
1946 Selected Writings of Dylan Thomas, New Directions
1953 Adventures In The Skin Trade And Other Stories (Adventures In The Skin Trade, an unfinished novel). New Directions
1954 Quite Early One Morning (Planned by Thomas, posthumously published). New Directions
1955 A Child's Christmas in Wales, New Directions
1955 A Prospect of the Sea and other stories and prose writings, Dent
1957 Letters to Vernon Watkins, Dent
1965 Rebecca's Daughters, Triton
1969 The year of love.
Drama
1954 Under Milk Wood (Radio play)
1953 The Doctor and the Devils and Other Scripts
1964 The Beach of Falesa (Screenplay)
Further reading: collections
1966 Dylan Thomas: a Collection of Critical Essays. Edited by Charles B. Cox
1971 The Poems of Dylan Thomas W. W. Norton & Co
1978 A Child's Christmas in Wales illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. 1996: published as Dolphin Paperback from Orion Children's Books
1982 Selected Works, Guild Publishing, London
1984 The Collected Stories of Dylan Thomas, New Directions Publishing
1986 Collected Letters. Edited by Paul Ferris. MacMillan
1992 On the Air With Dylan Thomas: The Broadcasts, Ed. Ralph Maud New Directions Publishing
1994 Eight Stories, W. W. Norton & Co
1995 Dylan Thomas: The Complete Screenplays, Ed. John Ackerman. Applause Books
1997 Fern Hill: An Illustrated edition of the Dylan Thomas poem. Red Deer College Press, Canada
2000 Collected Poems 1934-1953, London: Phoenix
2000 Selected Poems London: Phoenix
Critical studies
Brinnin, J M Dylan Thomas in America: an intimate journal, 1957
Gilbar & Stewart Literary Santa Barbara 1998, pp. 248–252
Lycett, Andrew. Dylan Thomas: A new life, 2003
Thomas, Caitlin Leftover Life to Kill, 1957
Thomas, David N. Fatal Neglect: Who Killed Dylan Thomas? David N. Thomas, Seren 2008
Thomas, David N. Dylan Remembered, Volume 2: 1935-1953, Seren 2004
Thomas, David N. Dylan Remembered, Volume 1: 1913- 1934, Seren 2003
Thomas, David N. The Dylan Thomas Murders, Seren 2002
Thomas, David N. Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow, Seren 2000
1934 18 Poems
1936 Twenty-Five Poems
1939 The Map of Love
1943 New Poems
1946 Deaths and Entrances
1950 Twenty-Six Poems
1952 In Country Sleep
1952 Collected Poems, 1934–1952
Collected prose
1940 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, Dent
1946 Selected Writings of Dylan Thomas, New Directions
1953 Adventures In The Skin Trade And Other Stories (Adventures In The Skin Trade, an unfinished novel). New Directions
1954 Quite Early One Morning (Planned by Thomas, posthumously published). New Directions
1955 A Child's Christmas in Wales, New Directions
1955 A Prospect of the Sea and other stories and prose writings, Dent
1957 Letters to Vernon Watkins, Dent
1965 Rebecca's Daughters, Triton
1969 The year of love.
Drama
1954 Under Milk Wood (Radio play)
1953 The Doctor and the Devils and Other Scripts
1964 The Beach of Falesa (Screenplay)
Further reading: collections
1966 Dylan Thomas: a Collection of Critical Essays. Edited by Charles B. Cox
1971 The Poems of Dylan Thomas W. W. Norton & Co
1978 A Child's Christmas in Wales illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. 1996: published as Dolphin Paperback from Orion Children's Books
1982 Selected Works, Guild Publishing, London
1984 The Collected Stories of Dylan Thomas, New Directions Publishing
1986 Collected Letters. Edited by Paul Ferris. MacMillan
1992 On the Air With Dylan Thomas: The Broadcasts, Ed. Ralph Maud New Directions Publishing
1994 Eight Stories, W. W. Norton & Co
1995 Dylan Thomas: The Complete Screenplays, Ed. John Ackerman. Applause Books
1997 Fern Hill: An Illustrated edition of the Dylan Thomas poem. Red Deer College Press, Canada
2000 Collected Poems 1934-1953, London: Phoenix
2000 Selected Poems London: Phoenix
Critical studies
Brinnin, J M Dylan Thomas in America: an intimate journal, 1957
Gilbar & Stewart Literary Santa Barbara 1998, pp. 248–252
Lycett, Andrew. Dylan Thomas: A new life, 2003
Thomas, Caitlin Leftover Life to Kill, 1957
Thomas, David N. Fatal Neglect: Who Killed Dylan Thomas? David N. Thomas, Seren 2008
Thomas, David N. Dylan Remembered, Volume 2: 1935-1953, Seren 2004
Thomas, David N. Dylan Remembered, Volume 1: 1913- 1934, Seren 2003
Thomas, David N. The Dylan Thomas Murders, Seren 2002
Thomas, David N. Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow, Seren 2000