One page of untitled holograph notes by Dylan Thomas, 1953, written whilst composing his last poem, the unfinished 'Elegy' to his father, David John (D.J.) Thomas, who died on 16 December 1952.
The work first appeared in print, as a 'previously unpublished poem', in Encounter, 6/2 (February 1956), and was included by Vernon Watkins as an appendix to the Collected Poems after 1956. For a copy of the poem as completed by Vernon Watkins, see NLW MS 22552E.
Notes for his father's 'Elegy'
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- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls004640221
- Dates of Creation1953
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish English.
- Physical Description1 f. ; 200 x 155 mm.
One page of lined paper (notes written on recto side only), encapsulated in glass at NLW. Previous owner's cloth display case, leather spine bearing entwined monogram 'CJ' or 'JC', retained with the manuscript. - LocationARCH/MSS (GB0210)
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Jeff Towns, Dylans Book Store; Swansea; Purchase; March 2009; 004640221.
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Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23992E.
Archivist's Note
April 2009.
Description compiled by Maredudd ap Huw.
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