Aeronwy Thomas

Aeronwy Bryn Thomas-Ellis (3 March 1943 – 27 July 2009)[1] was a poet, writer and translator of Italian poetry.

She was the second child and only daughter of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his wife, Caitlin Macnamara.

Born in London, Thomas was named after the River Aeron in Cardiganshire, Wales, the banks of which are near the home of her parents.

[3] Between September 1944 and July 1945, Thomas lived with her parents in a bungalow called Majoda, which overlooks the sea in New Quay, Cardiganshire.

[9] In 2007 she became President of Immagine & Poesia (Image and Poetry), an artistic literary movement founded at Teatro Alfa in Turin.

Aeronwy Thomas' Poetry Reading in Turin , Italy, 2006
Homage to Aeronwy Thomas , painting by Davide Binello, 2011