New Year Honours 2012
Dr Dannie ABSE CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
writer
“Poet and Playwright. For services to Poetry and Literature.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Poet and Playwright. For services to Poetry and Literature.
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“Poet and Playwright. For services to Poetry and Literature.”
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 94 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 10% of the list.
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707 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
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writer.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2011.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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