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Carol Ann Duffy

Born December 23, 1955

Dame Carol Ann Duffy is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 2009 - 2019. She was the first female poet laureate, the first Scottish-born poet, and the first openly lesbian poet to hold the Poet Laureate position.

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Books15

Sincerity

Sincerity

2019
Off the Shelf: A Celebration of Bookshops in Verse

Off the Shelf: A Celebration of Bookshops in Verse

2016
Collected Poems

Collected Poems

2015
Faery Tales

Faery Tales

2014
The Bees

The Bees

2011
The gift

The gift

2010
Love Poems

Love Poems

2009
Answering Back: Living poets reply to the poetry of the past

Answering Back: Living poets reply to the poetry of the past

2007
The Tear Thief

The Tear Thief

2007
The Lost Happy Endings

The Lost Happy Endings

2006

with Jane Ray

Rapture

Rapture

2005
Feminine Gospels

Feminine Gospels

2002
Standing Female Nude

Standing Female Nude

2001
Jack Daw's Pack

Jack Daw's Pack

2001

with Claudia Barbosa Nogueira, Susanna Clarke and Elizabeth Engstrom

Collections1

Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry: Selected by William Sieghart, Founder of the Forward Prizes

Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry: Selected by William Sieghart, Founder of the Forward Prizes

2001

with William Sieghart

Poetry1

The World's Wife

The World's Wife

1999