Dylan Thomas

He forged a truly original path in 20th-century literature through his rich, sensuous, and intensely musical language, which stood in stark contrast to the intellectualised verse of many of his contemporaries. Thematically, Thomas was transgressive in his visceral focus on the primal, the biological, and the elemental cycles of birth, death, and sexuality, rather than the prevailing socio-political concerns of his era, delving into a mystical connection between the human body and the natural world.