Vernon Watkins

Vernon Watkins
Watkins in July 1967
Born(1906-06-27)27 June 1906
Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales
Died8 October 1967(1967-10-08) (aged 61)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Resting placeSt Mary's Church, Pennard, Gower, Wales
OccupationPoet, translator
LanguageEnglish
NationalityWelsh
Period1941–1967
SpouseGwendoline Davies (m. 1944)
Children5
RelativesMarley Watkins (grandson)

Vernon Phillips Watkins (27 June 1906 – 8 October 1967) was a Welsh poet and translator. He was a close friend of fellow poet Dylan Thomas, who described him as "the most profound and greatly accomplished Welshman writing poems in English".

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