Dylan Thomas digital collection launched online

The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Thursday, March 28, 2024


Dylan Thomas digital collection launched online
“Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” manuscript by Dylan Thomas. The first of a nine-page manuscript of “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” written by Dylan Thomas, undated. Dylan Thomas Collection, 2.13, Harry Ransom Center. © The Dylan Thomas Trust.



AUSTIN, TX.- A digital collection of manuscripts and photographs related to the Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas held at the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin is now online thanks to an international collaboration just in time for International Dylan Thomas Day on May 14.

Jointly funded by the Ransom Center and Swansea University in Wales with the support of the Dylan Thomas Trust, accessibility to the author’s archive will expand to include this freely available digital collection, opening the study of his literary works and creative process to a global audience.

“This initiative promises to deepen our understanding of Dylan Thomas’ creative process and lead to new insights into his poetry and other writings,” said Stephen Enniss, the Betty Brumbalow Director of the Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin. “We are grateful for this collaboration with Swansea University and grateful, too, to the Dylan Thomas Trust, which has made it possible for us to share the collection with his readers everywhere.”

Collections related to Dylan Thomas are held by multiple institutions internationally, and the Ransom Center holds the world’s largest collection, which includes manuscripts, letters, notebooks, drawings and photographs that trace the origins of his major works and the evolution of a young writer. The collection also features screenplays, radio broadcasts and radio plays. Most were acquired by the Center between 1960 and 2004.




More than 6,000 items are now digitized, representing only a portion of the author’s physical archive. Everything in Thomas’ hand, from letters and manuscripts to sketches and works of art, is available online.

Professor Paul Boyle, Vice-Chancellor of Swansea University, said: “We are delighted to be part of this initiative alongside The University of Texas, which embodies the extensive benefits of international collaboration between universities. We hope to inspire readers, new and experienced alike, as we seek to make the world’s largest Dylan Thomas collection widely accessible to people around the globe. We extend our special thanks to the Dylan Thomas Trust for their continued support of this important project. ”

Manuscripts for many of his best-known works are present in the digital collection, including “Under Milk Wood,” “Poem on His Birthday,” “In the White Giant’s Thigh,” “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” and “Elegy,” the unfinished poem he was writing during the last year of his life.

“The Harry Ransom Center Dylan Thomas holdings are exceptional,” said Jeff Towns, a leading expert on Dylan Thomas based in Thomas’ hometown of Swansea. Towns was instrumental in securing Thomas’ “Lost Fifth Notebook,” also now digitized, for Swansea University.

“Scholars and enthusiasts of Dylan Thomas can now go online and view this remarkable archive,” he said.

Thomas was born on Oct. 27, 1914, in Uplands, Swansea, and died on Nov. 9, 1953, in New York City. He wrote many great poems, including “Fern Hill,” “The Hunchback in the Park” and, of course, “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.” He also is well-known for writing the play for voices, “Under Milk Wood,” and the collection of stories, “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.”










Today's News

May 16, 2021

MoMA opens an exhibition highlighting a previously understudied chapter of photographic history

Abstract masterpiece by Kandinsky emerges after half a century

Matthew Marks opens an exhibition of works by Terry Winters

Miles McEnery Gallery opens an exhibition of recent paintings by Bo Bartlett

As Covid ebbs, tourists make their comeback to US capital

Detroit Institute of Arts receives gift of important work by artist Titus Kaphar

Rhona Hoffman Gallery exhibits two distinct bodies of work by Gordon Parks

Heritage Auctions to debut in June a goldmine of golden age comics

Christie's Day Sales of Post-War & Contemporary Art and Impressionist & Modern Art total $81.1 million

Immerse yourself in Indigenous culture

Brian Gross Fine Art presents three new large-scale sculptures and paintings by Pard Morrison

Katerina Gregos appointed Artistic Director of National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens

Jenkins Johnson Gallery opens an exhibition of paintings by Ben Aronson

Exhibition features 10 prints and one painting from Fritz Scholder's revolutionary "Indian" series

Artpace introduces spring 2021 curatorial resident

Review: A choreographer looks back on his pandemic year

Curtis Fuller, powerful voice on jazz trombone, is dead at 88

Yusaku Maezawa: Japan's billionaire spaceman with a taste for art

Exhibition showcases the work of artists currently enrolled in Hunter College's MFA Program

The Ivo Ispani Estate to be offered at Briggs Auction

Signed Apollo 17 lunar surface manifest to touch down at Heritage Auctions

Dylan Thomas digital collection launched online

Auction features rare draft correspondence between John F. Kennedy and Winston Churchill

HOW TO DESIGN DISSERTATION POSTERS [BEST FREE TOOLS]

Addiction Treatment Tennessee - Saving Lives and Families

A Complete Detox at the Nashville Addiction Treatment Center




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful