Tuesday, January 10, 2012

News at Eleven: Dr. Dannie Abse from Golders Green was awarded

a CBE for services to poetry and literature.

The father-of-three, said: "I told my kids on Christmas day and so we had a double celebration."

Dr. Abse was born in Cardiff and studied medicine in Wales and King's College in London before qualifying as a doctor in 1950.

from Times: 88-year-old poet and playwright Dannie Abse awarded CBE
then Camden New Journal: New year Honours--CBE for 88 year old poet Dannie Abse

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