Dannie Abse was born in 1923 in Cardiff to Jewish parents. He qualified as a doctor in 1950 having studied in Wales and in London. Between 1954 and 1989 he worked as a specialist in a London chest clinic ...more
Tiffany Atkinson was born in Berlin in 1972. Brought up by parents who worked in the army, she lived in Germany, Cyprus and Britain. She studied English at Birmingham University and completed a PhD at Cardiff University ...more
John Barnie is one of Wales's most distinguished and respected literary figures, well-known for both his creative and discursive abilities. He has published several collections of poetry, prose fiction and essays, most notably The King of Ashes which won a Welsh Book of the Year Award ...more
Desmond Barry was born and raised in Wales. In the mid-eighties he moved to the United States and was based for a time in New Jersey. At present, he is an External Fellow of Glamorgan University Wales ...more
Tony Bianchi is a native of Northumberland and learned Welsh at the University of Wales, Lampeter, where he completed a PhD on the works of Samuel Beckett. Formerly Literature Director at the Arts Council of Wales, he now works freelance and lives in Cardiff ...more
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