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Also Known As Ronald Stuart Thomas
Born March 29, 1913 • Cardiff • Wales
Died September 25, 2000 (aged 87) • Wales
Notable Works “Poetry for Supper” • “Song at the Year’s Turning: Poems 1942–1954” • “Stones of the Field”
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