1. Modern Poetry 1901- 2015 History behind Literature

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3. Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) He was one of the most important Welsh poets of the 20th century and noted for his original, rhythmic and ingenious use of words and imagery. Welsh poet and writer Thomas’s works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion“. He became popular in his lifetime and remained so after his death in New York City. In his later life he acquired a reputation, which he encouraged, as a "roistering, drunken and doomed poet". Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales, in 1914. An undistinguished pupil, he left school at 16, becoming a journalist for a short time. Although many of his works appeared in print while he was still a teenager, it was the publication in 1934, that caught the attention of the literary world. While living in London, Thomas met Caitlin Macnamara, whom he married in 1937. Their relationship was defined by alcoholism and was mutually destructive. Although Thomas was appreciated as a popular poet in his lifetime, he found earning a living as a writer difficult, which resulted in his augmenting his income with reading tours and broadcasts. Thomas died on 9 November 1953. Thomas's position as one of the great modern poets has been much discussed. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

4. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948, "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry. Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) T. S. Eliot, was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and "one of the twentieth century's major poets". He immigrated to England in 1914 (at age 25), settling, working and marrying there and was eventually naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39, renouncing his American citizenship. Eliot attracted widespread attention for his poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915), which is seen as a masterpiece of the Modernist movement. Shortly after ‘ The love song of J.Alfred Prufrock’ followed some of the best-known poems in the English language, including The Waste Land (1922) and The Hollow Men (1925). For a poet of his stature, Eliot produced a relatively small number of poems. During an interview in 1959, Eliot said of his nationality and its role in his work: "I'd say that my poetry has obviously more in common with my distinguished contemporaries in America than with anything written in my generation in England. The poem's structure was heavily influenced by Eliot's extensive reading of Dante and refers to a number of literary works, including Hamlet and those of the French Symbolists.

5. He publically wrote about Britain's entry into both World Wars. George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) Nobel-Prize-winning Irish playwright, critic and passionate socialist whose influence on Western theatre, culture and politics stretched from the 1880s to his death. Originally earning his way as an influential London music and theatre critic, Shaw's greatest gift was for the modern drama. He wrote more than 60 plays, among them Man and Superman, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Major Barbara, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, and Pygmalion. range from biting contemporary satire to historical allegory, Shaw became the leading comedy dramatist of his generation and one of the most important playwrights in the English language since the 17th century. As a young man raised in poverty, Shaw embraced socialism and became an early and lifelong force in the Fabian Society, a highly influential British organization, founded in 1884, to promote a gradual, as opposed to revolutionary, socialism and as such became the foundation for the British Labour Party in 1900. He tirelessly wrote and spoke on behalf of its wide-ranging vision to transform British society, advocating a minimum wage for the working-class, universal healthcare, women's right to vote, pacifism and the abolition of hereditary privilege.