<Li> "Do not go gentle into that good night" was used as the text for the 1954 In Memoriam Dylan Thomas (Dirge - Canons and Song) for tenor and chamber ensemble, by Igor Stravinsky . The piece was written soon after Thomas' death and first performed in 1954 . </Li> <Li> It was the inspiration for three paintings by Swansea - born painter and print - maker Ceri Richards, who drew them in 1954, 1956, and 1965 respectively . </Li> <Li> The title of George R.R. Martin's 1977 novel Dying of the Light references a line from the poem . </Li> <Li> It is the subject of a 1979 tone poem for wind ensemble by Elliot del Borgo . </Li>

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