1. Daniel Abse CBE FRSL was a Welsh poet and physician.
15 Facts About Dannie Abse
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Dannie Abse studied medicine, first at the University of Wales College of Medicine and then at Westminster Hospital Medical School and King's College London.
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Dannie Abse was a passionate supporter of Cardiff City football club.
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Dannie Abse first went to watch them play in 1934 and many of his writings refer to his experiences watching and lifelong love of the team known as "The Bluebirds".
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Dannie Abse worked in the medical field, and was a physician in a chest clinic for over thirty years, but he is best known as a poet.
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Dannie Abse received numerous literary awards and fellowships for his writing.
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Dannie Abse won the Welsh Arts Council Award in both 1971 and 1987, and the Cholmondeley Award in 1985.
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Dannie Abse was a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature from 1983.
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Dannie Abse lived for several decades in the north-west area of London, mainly near Hampstead, where he had considerable ties.
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In 2005, his wife Joan was killed in a car accident, while Dannie Abse suffered a broken rib.
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Dannie Abse was awarded the Roland Mathias prize for Running Late.
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In 2009, Dannie Abse brought out a volume of collected poetry.
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Dannie Abse was a judge for the inaugural 2010 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine.
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Dannie Abse was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to poetry and literature.
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Dannie Abse died on 28 September 2014, six days after his 91st birthday.