RS Thomas

Poet

Birthday March 29, 1913

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Wales

DEATH DATE Sep 25, 2000 (87)

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About

Welsh poet and Anglican priest who is known for Song at the Year's Turning, The Bread of Truth, and other literary works. He also wrote several Welsh-language prose works, including Blwyddyn yn Llyn (A Year in Llyn) an Neb (Nobody).

Before Fame

He studied theology at St. Michael's College in Llandaff, Wales.

Trivia

His popular late works, which focused on Welsh culture, sold close to 20,000 copies each in Great Britain.

Family Life

He was married to artist Elsi Eldridge. The couple's son was born in 1945.

Associated With

He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996. The recipient of the prize that year was Seamus Heaney.