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Dannie Abse

Born in Cardiff, Glamorgan, 22 September 1923.

Stage Works

1. Fire in Heaven (produced 1948). 1956; revised version, as Is the House Shut? (produced 1964); revised version, as In the Cage, 1967.
2. Hands Around the Wall (produced 1950).
3. House of Cowards (produced 1960).
4. The Eccentric (produced 1961). 1961.
5. Gone (produced 1962). revised version, as Gone in January (produced 1977),
6. The Courting of Essie Glass (as The Joker, produced 1962; revised version, as The Courting of Essie Glass, broadcast 1975).
7. The Dogs of Pavlov (produced 1969). 1973.
8. Funland (produced 1975).
9. Pythagoras (produced 1976). 1979; as Pythagoras Smith, 1990.

Radio Plays

1. Conform or Die, 1957;
2. No Telegrams, No Thunder, 1962;
3. You Can't Say Hello to Anybody, 1964;
4. A Small Explosion, 1964;
5. The Courting of Essie Glass, 1975.

Novels

• 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.

Verse

• After Every Green Thing: 1948.
• Walking under Water. 1952.
• Tenants of the House: Poems 1951-1956. 1957.
• Poems, Golders Green. 1962.
• Dannie Abse: A Selection. 1963.
• A Small Desperation. 1968.
• Demo. 1969.
• Selected Poems. 1970.
• Funland: A Poem in Nine Parts. 1971.
• Corgi Modern Poets in Focus 4, with others, edited by Jeremy Robson. 1972.
• Funland and Other Poems.
• 1973. Lunchtime. 1974.
• Penguin Modern Poets 26, with D.J. Enright and Michael Longley. 1975.
• Collected Poems 1948-1976. 1977.
• Way Out in the Centre. 1981; as One-Legged on Ice, 1983.
• Ask the Bloody Horse. 1986; as Sky in Narrow Streets, in Quarterly Review of Literature Poetry Series, 28, 1987.
• White Coat, Purple Coat: Collected Poems 1948-1988. 1989.
• Remembrance of Crimes Past. 1990.

Recordings:

• Poets of Wales, 1972;
• The Poetry of Dannie Abse, n.d.;
• Dannie Abse, 1984.

Other Publications

1. Medicine on Trial. 1968.
2. A Poet in the Family (autobiography). 1974.
3. Miscellany One. 1981.
4. A Strong Dose of Myself (essays). 1983.
5. Under the Influence Of (Lecture). 1984(?).
6. Journals from the Ant Heap. 1986.
7. Editor, with Elizabeth Jennings and Stephen Spender, New Poems 1956. 1956.
8. Editor, with Howard Sergeant, Mavericks. 1957.
9. Editor, European Verse. 1964.
10. Editor, Corgi Modern Poets in Focus 1, 3, 5. 1971-73.
11. Editor, Thirteen Poets. 1973.
12. Editor, Poetry Dimension 2-5: The Best of the Poetry Year. 1974-78.
13. Editor, The Best of the Poetry Year 6-7. 1979-80.
14. Editor, Poetry Supplement, Christmas 1975. 1975.
15. Editor, My Medical School. 1978.
16. Editor, Wales in Verse. 1983.
17. Editor, Doctors and Patients. 1984.
18. Editor, with Joan Abse, Voices in the Gallery. 1986.
19. Editor, with Joan Abse, The Music Lover's Literary Companion. 1988.
20. Editor, The Hutchinson Book of Post-War British Poets. 1989

Manuscript Collection

• National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed.

Critical Studies:

• Dannie Abse by Tony Curtis, 1985.