As the world celebrates the centenary of the birth of Dylan Thomas, the National Poet of Wales has hailed him as one of the all-time literary greats.
Gillian Clarke has spent the past 12 months re-reading the works of Swansea-born Thomas.
She said: "Under Milk Wood changed my life. I think Dylan Thomas, Auden and TS Eliot changed everything."
Thomas' granddaughter Hannah Ellis said the centenary celebrations across the globe had exceeded her expectations.
She said: "I think Wales and the world as a whole have celebrated the centenary more than I could have hoped.
"My aim was to revitalise my grandfather's work and bring the focus back to his writing and celebrate his achievements.
"People like the myths about my grandfather, but it's the writing that is the legacy."
A poet's life
- Dylan was born on 27 October, 1914 at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea
- In 1931, at the age of 16, Thomas left school to become a junior reporter at the South Wales Daily Post
- Thomas married Caitlin Macnamara in 1937, and the couple went on to have two sons and a daughter
- His most famous poem, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, was written in 1951
- Thomas's celebrated prose includes Under Milk Wood and A Child's Christmas in Wales
- He died aged 39 on 9 November 1953 in St Vincent's Hospital, New York
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