R.S. Thomas was the pre-eminent, Welsh poet writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century, and one of the leading, lyric poets writing in English anywhere during that time. He was active throughout the fifty years that followed the end of the Second World War, publishing twenty four separate volumes of new poetry during the period, beginning with
The Stones of the Field(1946) and ending with
No Truce with the Furies(1995). In addition he published three collections:
Selected Poems, 1946-68(1973),
Later Poems, 1972-82(1983) and
Collected Poems, 1945-90(1993); one longer poem,
The Minister(1953); and an increasingly impressive range of prose, most of it written and published in Welsh, including his autobiography,
Neb['No-one'] (1985). If one counts in poems published…
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Citation: Gordon, Ian. "R. S. Thomas". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 March 2002 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4376, accessed 25 April 2024.]
