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Dannie Abse


Year of Birth : 1923
Country : Wales
Medical School : University of Wales, Westminster Hospital and King's College London.
Background : Dannie Abse is a poet, author, doctor and playwright. He has written and edited more than sixteen books of poetry, as well as fiction and a range of other publications.
Awards : Welsh Arts Council Award in both 1971 and 1987 , Cholmondeley Award in 1985,Wales Book of the Year award for 2008
Autobiography : Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve
Website : http://www.dannieabse.com/
Fiction : Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve (1954) Some Corner of an English Field (1956) O. Jones, O. Jones (1970) There Was a Young Man from Cardiff (1991)
Non - Fiction : NonFiction Medicine on Trial (1967) A Poet in the Family (1974) A Strong Dose of Myself (1983)
Drama : Three Questor Plays (1967) The View from Row G (1990)
Poetry : White Coat, Purple Coat - Collected Poems 1948-1988 (1990) Remembrance of Crimes Past (1990) On the Evening Road (1994)