Carol Ann Duffy - Author Series

Author Series 

Carol Ann Duffy

* 1955-

* She is a Scottish poet and a playwright.

* Professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University. (Appointed in 1996).

* She was appointed as Britain’s Poet Laureate in May 2009 (a poet laureate is elected for a term of 10 years now).

* She is the first woman, the first Scott and the first openly LGBT woman to hold the position of poet laureate.

* Her collections include:

        Standing Female Nude (1985)

        Selling Manhattan (1987)

        Meantime (1993)

        Rapture (2005)

* Her poem addresses issues such as oppression, gender and violence, in an accessible language that has made them popular in schools.

* She worked as poetic critic for ‘The Guardian’ from 1988-1989, and she was the editor of poetry magazine'Ambit’.

* In 1999 she was elected as the Royal Society of Literature.

* In her first poem as a poet laureate, Duffy talked about the scandal over British MP’s expenses in the format of sonnet.

* Her third The Twelve Days of Christmas 2009, addresses current events such as species extinctions, the climate change conference in Copenhagen, the banking crisis and war in Afghanistan.

* In March 2010, she wrote Achilles (for David Beckham) about Achilles Tendon injury that left England footballer David Beckham out of 2010 FIFA World Cup.

* Silver Lining written in April 2010, acknowledges the grounding of flights caused by ash of islandic volcanoes.

 

* On 30 Aug 2010, she premiered her poem Vigil for the Manchester Pride Candlelight Vigil in the memory of LGBT people who have lost their lives to HIV/AIDS.

* She wrote a 46 lines poem Rings for the 2011 wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton

* She wrote the poem The Throne, which she composed for the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation.

* Duffy is also a playwright and her plays are performed at the Liverpool Playhouse and the Almeida Theatre in London.

* Her play includes Take My Husband (1982), Cavern of Dreams (1984), Little Woman, Big Boys (1986), Loss (1986) and Casanova (2007).

* Her children collection includes Meeting Midnight (1999) and The Oldest Girl in the World (2000).

Important Works of Carol Ann Duffy

* flesh weather cock and Other Poems (1974)

* Beauty and the Beast (1977) (poetry with Adrian Henri)

* Fifth Last Song; Poetry (1982)

* Take My Husband; Play (1982).

* Cavern of Dreams; Play (1984).

* Standing Female Nude (1985)

* Little Woman, Bad Boys; Play (1986)

* Loss (Radio Play-1986)

* Thrown Voices; Poetry (1986)

* Selling Manhattan; Poetry (1987)

* Grimm Tales; Play (1996)

* Stopping for Woods; Poetry (1996)

* The World’s Wife; Poetry (1999)

* The Oldest Girl in the World; Children’s Poetry (2000)

* Rapture Picador (2005)

* Mrs. Scrooge : A Christmas Poem (2009)

* Mean Time (1993)

* Feminine Gospel (2002)