Ask the Moon - by Dannie Abse (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Introduced by Owen Sheers The definitive anthology spanning from 1948-2014, complete with new poems, from multi-award-winning Dannie Abse, one of Britain's most well-respected poets. This is the collection of a lifetime's work from one of Britain's best-loved poets. Dannie Abse has published an array of work including fiction, autobiography and plays but he is best known, and critically acclaimed, as a poet. Dannie Abse collects together here the definitive jewels of his canon. This volume comprises both a distinguished collection of his past work and a generous selection of new poems.

About the Author

Dannie Abse was born in Cardiff in 1923. He began his medical studies at the Welsh National School of Medicine and qualified as a doctor from Westminster Hospital, London in 1950. While still a student his first book of poems was published and his first play performed. He married Joan Mercer in 1951. She had been an economics student at the London School of Economics and together in a long and happy marriage they raised three children, Susanna, Keren and David. Joan would also develop a career as a writer.