Dylan Thomas love letters published for the first time

  • Wales
Dylan Thomas wrote love letters to the American journalist Pearl Kazin Credit: ITV Wales

Never before seen letters written by the Swansea-born poet Dylan Thomas are to be published for the first time.

The letters speak of his passionate affair with American journalist Pearl Kazin.

In one of the letters the Welsh poet writes: "It's taken so long to write your name. Pearl, dear Pearl. And every moment of every day I think of you, feel you, want you."

Thomas first met Kazin in early 1950, and their affair began shortly after Credit: ITV Wales

The letters are being published as part of celebrations to make the 100th anniversary of Dylan Thomas' birth.

Dylan Thomas, born in 1914, became famous for his play 'Under Milk Wood' Credit: ITV Wales

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