Charles Fisher - 1914 - present
Dylan and Charlie first met at Swansea Grammar School where Charlie played Dylan's wife in the all-boy production of Galsworthy's Strife. After leaving school, he went to work on the local paper at the same time as Dylan.
Charlie also wrote poetry – he is one of the four Swansea contributors to the remarkable first issue of the literary periodical Wales, and was Dylan's first choice as collaborator on the novel The Death of the King's Canary, which was eventually completed by Dylan and John Davenport.
Charlie saw active service in the war before going on to work for Reuters and travelling extensively, living in France for a time and then exploring the Middle East. He moved to Canada in 1953 where he has remained. He worked until retirement recording the Canadian version of Hansard in the government chamber in Ontario. But he is still an inveterate traveller and has continued to visit many different countries and experience other cultures, living, for example, with Spanish gypsies for some time in the late 50s.
He published a new collection of poems in 2001 and he visited the Dylan Thomas Festival in 2003 to read from them and talk about his friendship with Dylan.
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Charles Fisher