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- 1942, 1945, 1951, 1980, 1988 (Creation)
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Letters and card, 1951, 1965, 1988 and undated, from Dannie Abse, the correspondents comprising his parents Kate and Rudy Abse, his children Keren, Susanna and David Abse, scientist, physician, writer, poet and activist Alex Comfort (photocopied letter) and John Benedict of publishers W. W. Norton & Co..
Envelope (contents missing), postmark London, 2 January 1945, addressed to Kate Abse, Dannie Abse's mother, in the latter's hand.
See also under Correspondence: Correspondence of Joan Abse: Letters to Joan Abse from Dannie Abse.
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Letters to Kate and Rudy Abse kept together in marked envelope.
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- English
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For Kate and Rudy (Rudolph) Abse see, for example Dannie Abse: Goodbye, Twentieth Century (Library of Wales, 2001) (see indexed references); also under heading Miscellanea: Miscellanea relating to Dannie Abse.
For Keren Abse see, for example: https://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/authors-speakers/2024/keren-abse.
For David Abse see, for example: http://www.davidabse.com/.
For Susanna Abse see, for example: https://qaspractice.com/our-therapies-and-psychotherapists/susanna-abse.
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For Alex Comfort see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Comfort.
For W W Norton & Co. see, for example: https://wwnorton.co.uk/; for John Benedict see, for example: https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/25/obituaries/john-benedict-57-an-editor-of-poetry-and-of-anthologies.html
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- Abse, Kate, 1890-1981 (Subject)
- Abse, Rudolph (Rudy) (Subject)
- Comfort, Alex, 1920-2000 (Subject)
- W. W. Norton & Co. (New York, United States) (publishers) (Subject)
- Abse, David, 1958- (Subject)
- Abse, Keren, 1953- (Subject)
- Abse, Susanna (Subject)