1915 doğumlu, galli şair. tüm ada erkekleri gibi alkole pek bir düşkündür. ada edebiyatının en önemli, en bilinen şairlerindendir. 1950'de gittiği abd'de, 4 yıl sonra alkol komasına girerek, 39 yaşında yaşamını yitirmiştir. can yücel'in ada versiyonu diyebiliriz kendisine. can yücel de dylan thomas'ın en beğendiği şairlerden biri olduğunu belirtmiştir.
öte yandan, bob dylan'ın, dylan adını thomas'tan esinlenerek seçtiği fikri yaygındır. ancak mevzunun tüm detayları şu yazıda gizlidir:
It has been suggested that Bob Dylan, who was born Robert Allen Zimmerman, changed his name in tribute to Dylan Thomas. Bob Dylan has often denied this, responding in a 1966 interview, "Get that straight, I didn't change my name in honor of Dylan Thomas. That's just a story. I've done more for Dylan Thomas than he's ever done for me." In 1965 he claimed that he took the name from an uncle named Dillon, adding, "I've read some of Dylan Thomas' stuff, and it's not the same as mine." In his 2004 biography, Chronicles Vol.1, however, Dylan admits that Dylan Thomas was relevant to his choice of alias, changing the surnom de plume of "Dillon" to "Dylan". Dylan is also billed as Robert Milkwood Thomas on Steve Goodman's "Somebody Elses Troubles" where he plays piano and harmonises on the title track. Dylan's 1963 song "When the Ship Comes In" contains the phrase, "the chains of the sea," which matches the last line of Thomas's "Fern Hill": "I sang in my chains like the sea."
