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Vernon Watkins

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Welsh poet (1906-1967)

United KingdomWritersLived 1906 to 1967 · aged 61
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Vernon Phillips Watkins was a Welsh poet and translator. He was a close friend of fellow poet Dylan Thomas, who described him as "the most profound and greatly accomplished Welshman writing poems in English".

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A depiction of Watkins painted onto an electric meter box in Swansea as part of a Dylan Thomas Trail.A depiction of Watkins painted onto an electric meter box in Swansea as part of a Dylan Thomas Trail.Memorial plaque at St Mary's Church, Pennard, GlamorganMemorial plaque at St Mary's Church, Pennard, Glamorgan

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About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1967 · aged 61
Written about in
6 languages

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