Aeronwy Thomas
Aeronwy Thomas | |
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Born | Aeronwy Bryn Thomas 3 March 1943 London, England |
Died | 27 July 2009 New Malden, London, England | (aged 66)
Other names | Aeronwy Ellis |
Alma mater | Isleworth College (BA) |
Occupation(s) | Poet, writer and poetry translator |
Spouse | Trefor Ellis |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Dylan Thomas Caitlin Macnamara |
Relatives | Nicolette Macnamara (maternal aunt) Gwilym Marles (paternal great-granduncle) |
Aeronwy Bryn Thomas-Ellis (3 March 1943 – 27 July 2009)[1] was a poet, writer and translator of Italian poetry. She was the second child and only daughter of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his wife, Caitlin Macnamara.
Life
Born in
In May 1949, the family moved to the Boat House,
Thomas earned a bachelor's degree in English and comparative religion at
Career
After learning Italian, she became a translator of Italian poetry. She was also known for being an ambassador for her father's work, and as a patron of the Dylan Thomas Society. She was the President of the Alliance of Literary Societies.[6]
A much sought-after visiting professor in schools and universities in the UK and abroad, in the late 1990s she was highly popular with the students of Giuseppe Perotti School in
Personal life
She and her husband Trefor Ellis had two children: a son, Huw Dylan, and a daughter, Hannah.[11]
Death
Aeronwy Thomas died of cancer on 27 July 2009 in New Malden, London, aged 66.
Works
- Later than Laugharne (Celtion, 1976)
- Christmas and Other Memories (Amwy Press, 1978)
- Poems and Memories (Pedrini, Turin)
- Christmas in the Boathouse (2003)
- Rooks and Poems (Poetry Monthly Press, 2004)
- A daughter remembers Dylan (Merton Books, 2006) – an expanded version of the booklet Christmas and Other Memories
- I Colori Delle Parole (Rotaract, 2007) – includes poems by Aeronwy Thomas and paintings by Gianpiero Actis (in Italian and English)
- Away With Words – an anthology of poetry – includes poems by Aeronwy Thomas, Beryl Myers, Anne Taylor, Frances White (Poetry Monthly Press, 2007)
- Burning Bridges (Cross-Cultural Communications, Merrick, New York, 2008)
- Shadows and Shades – Selected Poems (Poetry Monthly Press, 2009)
- My Father's Places (Constable, 2009)
- Nightwatch (17 poems) in Poet to Poet #3 (The Seventh Quarry, 2010)
References
- ^ "Daughter of Dylan Thomas has died". BBC. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
- ^ FitzGibbon, Constantine (1965). The Life of Dylan Thomas. London: Dent. p. 289.
- ^ See D.N. Thomas (2000), A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow, particularly the interview on pp. 232–238 with Amanda Williams, who lived in Plas Gelli while the Thomases were there and whose grandmother suggested the name "Aeronwy".
- ^ See D.N. Thomas, op.cit, ch. 3.
- ISBN 0-7126-6290-1.
- ^ ALS Newsletter 2007[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Privacy Policy – Cookie Policy". 9 April 2011.
- ^ "Articolo di Lidia Chiarelli: Visita a Torino di Aeronwy Thomas, fondatrice di IMMAGINE&POESIA". 9 April 2011.
- ^ Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della ricerca – Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche sociali "Words Images Sounds. Poesia Arte Musica e le tecnologie del terzo millennio" Label Europeo 2003, Risa ed., 2004, pp. 82–84.
- ISBN 978-0-89304-994-2
- ^ "Obituary | Aeronwy Thomas Ellis". 9 August 2009.