And death shall have no dominion - wikipedia And death shall have no dominion `` And death shall have no dominion '' is a poem written by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas ( 1914 -- 1953 ). The title comes from St. Paul 's epistle to the Romans ( 6 : 9 ). Contents 1 Publication history 2 In popular culture 3 Notes 4 Bibliography 5 External links Publication history In early 1933 Thomas befriended Bert Trick, a grocer who worked in the Uplands area of Swansea. Trick was an amateur poet who had several poems published in local papers. In spring 1933 Trick suggested the two men both write a poem on the subject of ' immortality '. Trick 's poem, which was published in a newspaper the following year, contained the refrain `` For death is not the end. '' In 1933, in a notebook marked ' April ', Thomas wrote the poem `` And death shall have no dominion ''. Trick persuaded him to seek a publisher and in May of that year it was printed in New English Weekly. On 10 September 1936, two years after the release of his first volume of poetry ( 18 Poems ), Twenty - five Poems was published. It revealed Thomas ' personal beliefs pertaining to religion and the forces of nature, and included `` And death shall have no dominion ''. In popular culture This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2017 ) The poem is featured significantly in the television series Beauty and the Beast. It was used at the start and ending of the movie Omega Doom. The titles of the novels They Shall Have Stars by James Blish and No Dominion by Charlie Huston are taken from the poem. In Brave Saint Saturn 's album Anti-Meridian the final five lines of the first verse open the CD, accompanied by music. In the film Truly, Madly, Deeply the title is quoted in a conversation about death. In the film The Weight of Water from the book of the same title written by Anita Shreve, Sean Penn in the role of melancholy poet Thomas Janes recites the last four lines of the first stanza. At the end of the film after Janes drowns, the film reprises his recitation of the second and third lines of this section, but this time the film leaves the last line poignantly unspoken. In the second and final part of the 2011 BBC TV miniseries The Field of Blood the poem 's second through ninth lines are recited from memory by character Dr. Pete, played by Peter Capaldi, in a pub as he drunkenly faces his imminent death of cancer, seated alone. George Clooney recites part of the poem in the 2002 movie Solaris. In the 2003 film Rosenstrasse this poem is quoted as two Jewish women await deportation to Auschwitz. In the Season 6 soundtrack of Lost the piece which shares its name with the poem is played while detailing Richard Alpert 's life. Notes Jump up ^ Online copy of the poem Jump up ^ Ferris ( 1989 ), p. 79 ^ Jump up to : Ferris ( 1989 ) p. 83 Bibliography Ferris, Paul ( 1989 ). Dylan Thomas, A Biography. New York : Paragon House. ISBN 1 - 55778 - 215 - 6. External links Bibliowiki has original media or text related to this article : And Death Shall Have No Dominion ( in the public domain in Canada ) Dylan Thomas ( works ) Works A Child 's Christmas in Wales Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog Under Milk Wood ( radio play ) Rebecca 's Daughters ( screenplay ) Poems 18 Poems Deaths and Entrances `` And death shall have no dominion '' `` Do not go gentle into that good night '' `` Fern Hill '' `` In my Craft or Sullen Art '' `` The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower '' Related Caitlin Thomas ( wife ) Aeronwy Thomas ( daughter ) Gwilym Marles ( paternal granduncle ) The Kardomah Gang Cultural depictions The Boathouse Dylan Thomas Centre Dylan Thomas Theatre Dylan Thomas Trail Laugharne Set Fire to the Stars ( 2014 film ) A Poet in New York ( 2014 television film ) Dominion ( 2016 film ) Death and mortality in art Themes Carpe diem Consolatio Danse Macabre Death and the Maiden Lamentation of Christ Macabre Memento mori Mono no aware Sic transit gloria mundi Ubi sunt Personifications of death Vanitas Forms Death mask Elegy Funerary art Funerary text Lament Memorial Post-mortem photography Requiem Tomb Tragedy Wreath Artwork Architecture Capuchin Crypt Sedlec Ossuary Film ( category ) The Seventh Seal Literature Ars moriendi Bardo Thodol Book of Job Book of the Dead Hamlet 's soliloquy The Masque of the Red Death Music ( category ) Danse macabre Der Erlkönig Der Tod und das Mädchen Totentanz Painting ( category ) Et in Arcadia ego Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May La Calavera Catrina Pyramid of Skulls Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette The Ambassadors Poetry ( category ) And death shall have no dominion Der Erlkönig Do not go gentle into that good night Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=And_death_shall_have_no_dominion&oldid=821433758 '' Categories : Anglo - Welsh literature Welsh poems Poetry by Dylan Thomas Poems about death Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from March 2017 All articles needing additional references Articles with Bibliowiki links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Français Edit links This page was last edited on 20 January 2018, at 12 : 55. 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Question: who wrote and death shall have no dominion
Answer: Dylan Thomas