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Born in March 29, 1913 / Died in September 25, 2000 / United Kingdom / English

Bibliography

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POEMS

  • The Stones of the Field, Druid Press, 1946.
  • An Acre of Land, Montgomeryshire Printing Company, 1952.
  • The Minister (verse play; first produced on Welsh BBC Radio, 1953), Montgomeryshire Printing Company, 1953.
  • Song at the Year's Turning: Poems, 1942-1954, with introduction by John Betjeman, Hart-Davis, 1955.
  • Poetry for Supper, Hart-Davis, 1958, Dufour, 1961.
  • Judgment Day, Poetry Book Society, 1960.
  • Tares, Dufour, 1961.
  • (With Lawrence Durrell and Elizabeth Jennings) Penguin Modern Poets 1, Penguin (London), 1962.
  • The Bread of Truth, Dufour, 1963.
  • Pieta, Hart-Davis, 1966.
  • The Mountains, illustrations by John Piper, Chilmark Press, 1968.
  • Not That He Brought Flowers, Hart-Davis, 1968.
  • (With Roy Fuller) Pergamon Poets 1, edited by Evan Owen, Pergamon, 1968.
  • Postcard: Song, Fishpaste Postcard Series, 1968.
  • H'm: Poems, St. Martin's, 1972.
  • Young and Old (children's poems), Chatto & Windus, 1972.
  • Selected Poems, 1946-1968, Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973, St. Martin's, 1974.
  • What Is a Welshman?, Christopher Davies, 1974.
  • Laboratories of the Spirit, Macmillan (London), 1975, Godine, 1976.
  • The Way of It, illustrations by Barry Hirst, Ceolfrith Press, 1977.
  • Frequencies, Macmillan (London), 1978.
  • Between Here and Now, Macmillan (London), 1981.
  • Later Poems, 1972-1982, Macmillan (London), 1983.
  • A Selection of Poetry, edited by D. J. Hignett, Hignett School Services, 1983.
  • Poets' Meeting, Celandine, 1983.
  • Ingrowing Thoughts, Poetry Wales Press, 1985.
  • Destinations, Celandine, 1985.
  • Poems of R. S. Thomas, University of Arkansas Press, 1985.
  • Experimenting with an Amen, Macmillan (London), 1986.
  • Welsh Airs, Poetry Wales Press, 1987.
  • The Echoes Return Slow, Macmillan, 1988.
  • Counterpoint, Dufour, 1990.
  • Cymru or Wales?, Gomer, 1992.
  • Mass for Hard Times, Bloodaxe Books, 1992.
  • Collected Poems, 1945-1990, Dent, 1993.
  • No Truce with the Furies, Bloodaxe (Newcastle upon Thyne, UK), 1995.

EDITOR

  • The Batsford Book of Country Verse, Batsford, 1961.
  • The Penguin Book of Religious Verse, Penguin, 1963.
  • Edward Thomas, Selected Poems, Faber, 1964.
  • A Choice of George Herbert's Verse, Faber, 1967.
  • A Choice of Wordsworth's Verse, Faber, 1971.
  • (Editor) The Page's Drift: R.S. Thomas at Eighty, Seren Books, 1993.

OTHER

  • Words and the Poet (W. D. Thomas Memorial Lecture), University of Wales Press, 1964.
  • Selected Prose, edited by Sandra Anstey, Poetry Wales Press, 1983, Dufour, 1984.
  • Neb: Golygwyd gan Gwenno Hywyn (autobiography in Welsh), Gwasg Gwynedd, 1987.
  • ABC Neb, translated by Jason Walford Davies, Gwasg Gwynedd, 1995.
  • R.S. Thomas: Ysbrydoliaeth: ilyfr i gyd-fynd ag arddangosfa, Mehefin 1995 = Inspiration: A Book to Accompany an Expedition, June 1995, Cyfeillion Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, 1995.
  • Autobiographies, translated from the Welsh, with an introduction and notes, by Jason Walford Davies, J.M. Dent (London), 1997.
  • (Words) The Moor: For Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano, Unaccompanied, (printed music), music by Hilary Tann, Oxford University Press, 1998.
  • (Words) Mother and Son: For Soprano, Eb Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Cello, (printed music), music by Hilary Tann, Oxford University Press, 1999.