Fury of Past Time

Gwyn Thomas was born, the last of twelve children, into aRhondda mining family in 1913. After a childhood markedby the strikes of the 1920s, he went off to study Spanish atOxford University and in Madrid, where he met the poetFederico Garcia Lorca and witnessed the turmoil whichwould lead to the Spanish Civil War.

Gwyn Thomas s-a nascut, ultimul dintre doisprezece copii, intr-o familie de mineri Rhondda in 1913. Dupa o copilarie marcata de grevele anilor 1920, a plecat sa studieze spaniola la Universitatea Oxford si la Madrid, unde l-a intalnit pe poetul Federico Garcia Lorca si a asistat la tulburari care ar duce la razboiul civil spaniol.