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Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her poetry has received many awards, ...view moreCarol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize for Children's Verse, the Whitbread, Forward and T. S. Eliot Prizes, and the Lannan and E. M. Forster Prize in America. She was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2019. Her many collections include Mean Time, Love Poems and The Bees, which won the Costa Poetry Award. Her writing for children includes Queen Munch and Queen Nibble, The Skipping-Rope Snake and The Tear Thief. She was made a DBE in the 2015 New Year Honours list. In 2021, she was awarded the international lifetime achievement award the Golden Wreath for her achievements in poetry.view less
Books by Carol Ann Duffy
Collected Poems Feminine Gospels Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Standing Female Nude Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Answering Back: Living poets reply to the poetry of the past Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSelling Manhattan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Golden Treasury: Of English Verse Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEmpty Nest: Poems for Families Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe King of Christmas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frost Fair Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sincerity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Off The Shelf: A Celebration of Bookshops in Verse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5