From the Wikipedia:- "Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000) (published as R. S. Thomas) was a Welsh poet and Anglican clergyman, noted for his nationalism, spirituality and deep dislike of the anglicisation of Wales. He was one of the most famous Welsh poets.
In 1955, John Betjeman, in his introduction to the first collection of Thomas’s poetry to be produced by a major publisher, Song at the Year's Turning, predicted that Thomas would be remembered long after Betjeman himself was forgotten.
Professor M. Wynn Thomas said: "He was the Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn of Wales because he was such a troubler of the Welsh conscience. He was one of the major English language and European poets of the 20th century."
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Poemhunter - R.S.Thomas on poemhunter.com.
The Literary Encyclopaedia - R.S. Thomas on the Literary Encyclopaedia.
Google Book Search - R.S Thomas on Google Book Search.
The Guardian - R.S. Thomas' obituary from the Guardian. A thoughtful
and insifghtful appraisal of the man and his career.
The Crooked Timber - Short blog post about R.S. Thomas including Harri
Webbs' hilarious parody:- “Ianto Rhydderch, Tch Tch”
The Literary Encyclopaedia - R.S. Thomas on the Literary Encyclopaedia.
Google Book Search - R.S Thomas on Google Book Search.
The Guardian - R.S. Thomas' obituary from the Guardian. A thoughtful
and insifghtful appraisal of the man and his career.
The Crooked Timber - Short blog post about R.S. Thomas including Harri
Webbs' hilarious parody:- “Ianto Rhydderch, Tch Tch”
R.S. Thomas on Amazon |
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