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en-wikipedia-org-1146		R. S. Thomas - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	3851	374	75	S. Thomas, was a Welsh poet and Anglican priest who was noted for his nationalism, spirituality and dislike of the anglicisation of Wales. Thomas's poetry achieved a breakthrough with the publication in 1955 of his fourth book, Song at the Year's Turning, in effect a collected edition of his first three volumes. Thomas died on 25 September 2000 aged 87, at his home in Pentrefelin near Criccieth, survived by his second wife, Elizabeth Vernon.[9] He had been ill with a heart condition and treated at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor until two weeks before he died.[12][13] A memorial event celebrating his life and poetry was held at Westminster Abbey with readings from Heaney, Andrew Motion, Gillian Clarke and John Burnside. Thomas believed in what he called "the true Wales of my imagination", a Welsh-speaking aboriginal community in tune with the natural world.[20] He viewed western (specifically English) materialism and greed, represented in the poetry by his mythical "Machine", as the destroyers of community.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1146.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1146.txt