David N. Thomas

Born in 1945, David N Thomas was brought up in south Wales, and studied at a number of English universities. From 1970, he worked in London as a community worker, and then as a lecturer at the National Institute for Social Work and Chief Executive at the Community Development Foundation. He was also a founder member of the European Community Development Network, and a Council of Europe Fellow. [1] He has published widely, including Skills in Neighbourhood Work, with Paul Henderson.[2]

He retired back to Wales in the early 1990s, and since then has written about the life and death of Dylan Thomas. His first book on Thomas was published in 2000, A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow. The film rights were sold to make The Edge of Love.[3]

He has recently published Fatal Neglect: Who Killed Dylan Thomas?, as well as A True Childhood: Dylan's Peninsularity.

Selected Works on Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow, Seren 2000[4]

The Dylan Thomas Murders, Seren 2002

The Dylan Thomas Trail, Y Lolfa 2002[5]

Dylan Remembered 1914-1934, vol 1, Seren 2003[6]

Dylan Remembered 1935-1953, vol 2, Seren 2004[7]

Fatal Neglect: Who Killed Dylan Thomas?, Seren, 2008[8]

The Death of Dylan Thomas, Western Mail, November 1 2008

Dylan Thomas and The Edge of Love, in Cambria, February 2013

A True Childhood: Dylan's Peninsularity, in Dylan Thomas: A Centenary Celebration, ed. by Hannah Ellis, Bloomsbury 2014[9]

gollark: It helps people know what you want, but under the moderators' stupidly overextended and munged rules, you're "harassing the owner of F***" or something.
gollark: On the other hand, it's not technically banned to write sweary things in the box.
gollark: There is even less escape!
gollark: There is no escape!
gollark: But ask for "x's prize" and you'll be banned under *other* rules!

References
  1. http://eucdn.net/
  2. George Allen and Unwin,1980, four editions and five translations
  3. film rights:see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edge_of_Love and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0819714/plotsummary
  4. feature: David Atkinson, Daily Telegraph, June 13 2014
  5. feature: BBC Countryfile Magazine, April 25 2014
  6. see reviews: Nicholas Wroe, The Guardian, November 15 2003 and James A. Davies, Planet, 2004
  7. news/feature: John Ezard, The Guardian, November 27 2004
  8. (1) Review: T. Dalrymple, British Medical Journal, September 16 2010. (2). Feature: BBC Arts November 8 2013 (3) Feature: Nick Harding, Daily Telegraph, June 19 2014
  9. Review: Irish Examiner September 7 2014
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.