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Poetry Canadian

Casablanca

the Poem

by (author) Kildare Dobbs

Publisher
Ekstasis Editions
Initial publish date
Sep 1999
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896860589
    Publish Date
    Sep 1999
    List Price
    $12.95

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Description

With a masterful hand Kildare Dobbs returns to Rick’s Café to explore the triumphs and crises of the human spirit embodied in the classic film Casablanca. All the original characters are here and in their desires we come to recognize our own time and selves.

About the author

Kildare Dobbs is an award-winning writer and poet who has lived the world over. Born in 1923, in India, Dobbs was raised in Ireland, and educated in Dublin, Cambridge and London. After serving in the Royal Navy during World War II and in East Africa, Dobbs finally migrated to Canada in 1952 and worked in journalism and publishing. His autobiography, Running to Paradise (1962), won a Governor-General's Award, and since then he has published various collections of short stories, novellas and poetry, including The Great Fur Opera (1970). In 2000, he was invested with the Order of Ontario, and installed as Writer-in-Residence at the University of Toronto in 2002. His memoir, Running The Rapids, was published in 2005. Kildare Dobbs now lives and writes in Toronto.

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