WRITER

Dylan Thomas

1914 - 1953

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Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood. He also wrote stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog. He became widely popular in his lifetime; and remained so after his death at the age of 39 in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dylan Thomas has received more than 5,103,503 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Dylan Thomas is the 1,086th most popular writer (up from 1,164th in 2019), the 820th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 931st in 2019) and the 100th most popular British Writer.

Dylan Thomas is most famous for his poetry.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Deaths and entrances
English poetry
19464 / 5
Adventures in the skin trade
1955
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
1940
Poems
1952
Quite early one morning
1954

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dylan Thomas ranks 1,086 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Garcilaso de la Vega, Nikolay Nekrasov, John Berger, Roberto Bolaño, and Ivan Cankar. After him are Ruy González de Clavijo, E. M. Forster, Joseph Karo, Nathalie Sarraute, Pierre Louÿs, and Dositej Obradović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Dylan Thomas ranks 41. Before him are William Vickrey, Gino Colaussi, Louis, Prince Napoléon, Max Perutz, Tyrone Power, and Vjekoslav Luburić. After him are George Dantzig, Asger Jorn, María Félix, Jean Tatlock, Boris Christoff, and Peter Townsend. Among people deceased in 1953, Dylan Thomas ranks 25. Before him are Raoul Dufy, Erich Mendelsohn, Richard Walther Darré, Hugo Sperrle, Eduard Künneke, and Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick. After him are Ernst Zermelo, Lionel Logue, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Wilhelm Stuckart, Richard von Mises, and Hans Reichenbach.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dylan Thomas ranks 820 out of 8,785. Before him are John Harrison (1693), Edmund Cartwright (1743), Thomas Cole (1801), Eric Burdon (1941), John Berger (1926), and Kim Cattrall (1956). After him are Edward Kelley (1555), Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005), E. M. Forster (1879), William Carey (1761), Edward Whymper (1840), and Peter Cushing (1913).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dylan Thomas ranks 100. Before him are P. D. James (1920), Thomas Malory (1405), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), Robert Graves (1895), and John Berger (1926). After him are E. M. Forster (1879), John William Polidori (1795), Bernard Cornwell (1944), Edmund Spenser (1552), Samuel Butler (1612), and Elizabeth Gaskell (1810).

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