Ffeil / File AAB/4 - Dannie Abse (Writers of Wales series) (University of Wales Press/Welsh Arts Council, 1985)

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AAB/4

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Dannie Abse (Writers of Wales series) (University of Wales Press/Welsh Arts Council, 1985)

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  • 1982-1985 (Creation)

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1 small box (0.009 mᶟ)

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Material relating to the research and production of a biographical study of poet and physician Dannie Abse in preparation for Tony Curtis's contribution to the Writers of Wales series published by the University of Wales Press/Welsh Arts Council (see, for example: https://www.waterstones.com/book/dannie-abse/tony-curtis/9780708308967).
The material includes:
Copies of published poems, annotated by Dannie Abse, with covering letter from Abse to Tony Curtis.
Letters, 1982-1984, to Tony Curtis from Dannie Abse.
Correspondence to Tony Curtis from the University of Wales Press and from the then Welsh Arts Council relating to the compilation and publication of Tony Curtis's treatise on Dannie Abse in the Writers of Wales series, including letters, 1982, 1984, from Meic Stephens, who was at the time Literature Director of the Welsh Arts Council.
Draft annotated copies and working copies (final working copy dated June 1984) of Tony Curtis's treatise on Dannie Abse in the Writers of Wales series.
Review of Tony Curtis's treatise on Dannie Abse in the Writers of Wales series, annotated by Curtis.
Prose piece by Dannie Abse titled 'I Accuse' from 'The Poet, the Philosopher, a Lexicographer and the British Art Show 4'.
What appears to be a review of Dannie Abse's collection of poetry White Coat, Purple Coat: Collected Poems 1948–1988 (Hutchinson, 1989).
Photocopied material relating to Dannie Abse and his work.

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  • English

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Dannie Abse, considered to be one of the most notable Anglo-Welsh writers of the twentieth century, was born in Cardiff to Jewish parents, his elder brother being Labour politician and lawyer Leo Abse (1917-2008). Following graduation from medical school, Abse worked for thirty years as a physician in a chest clinic. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dannie_Abse; https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dannie-abse)
See also Dannie Abse Papers at the National Library of Wales (https://atom.prod.llgc.org.uk/index.php/dannie-abse-papers-3)

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For literary editor, journalist, translator and poet Meic Stephens see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meic_Stephens

For the Arts Council of Wales (Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru) see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_Council_of_Wales

For the University of Wales Press (Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru) see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wales_Press

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  • Text: Tony Curtis Papers (August 2002 papers) (Box 8) AAB/4