Housing, Regeneration and Heritage Minister Huw Lewis has announced that the Welsh Government is already gearing up to organising a "high profile" event in Swansea to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas in 2014.

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And two recipients who were not able to be here today, but I want to make mention of them because obviously their careers have helped to mark the landscape of American culture for decades -- Mr. Bob Dylan and Clint Eastwood, who are both recipients but could not make it today.

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Dylan's body was found on Thursday on the mud flats at the high tide mark less than half a mile from where he went into the water.

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