Dylan Thomas biography :

Considered one of the best poets of the 20th century, Dylan Thomas was born in 1914 in Swansea, Wales. The farms and coastlines of this childhood home figured prominently in his poetry. He started writing at a very young page; his first recorded poem, “The Song of the Mischievous Dog," was composed when he was just eleven. He also dabbled in short stories (some contained in the collection A Portrait of A Young Artist as a Young Dog), radio plays, scripts, speeches, and essays (including A Child’s Christmas in Wales, a recollection).
His first collection of poetry was published when he was 20 years old, launching a long and prominent literary career. His books were well received, and his style (which used traditional forms of rhyme and meter, and strong, simple words from native English) stood out among the flowery and experimental verses that were characteristic of the early Modern poets. What he rejected in terms of ornamentation, he replaced with intense imagery. In fact, Dylan Thomas “intense” was an adjective often associated with him, even of his readings of his work. Those who heard his voice described him as a “wild Welsh bard”—as one can judge from the surviving recordings.
Dylan Thomas married Caitlin MacNamara in 1937, and had three children. They lived in Laugharne, Wales; his home is now a tourist destination. He died in 1953, at the relatively young age of 39 years old, after a heavy bout of drinking. It was a life, and death, that eerily echoed one of his more famous poems: "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night".