"I genuinely don't think she even wanted to be poet laureate," said Peter Jay, Duffy's former publisher. Contemporary Writers Online, http://www.contemporarywriters.com/ (October 20, 2005), "Carol Ann Duffy. Moon Zoo introduces a lunar landscape full of magical, Earth-like creatures—everything from polar bears and penguins to baboons and hippos—that float in zero-gravity and dine on delicacies such as Neptune salad and a slice of Pluto pie served up by an eight-armed alien zookeeper. [36][37] In August 2008, her Education for Leisure, a poem about violence, was removed from the AQA examination board's GCSE poetry anthology, following a complaint about its references to knife crime and a goldfish being flushed down a toilet. Besides her wonderful assimilation of the training programme, since early age, she strongly liked reading of fiction and since the age of 11, she began to write her first poems. She also worked as an editor for ‘Ambit’, a poetry magazine. [6], Carol Ann Duffy was born to a Roman Catholic family in the Gorbals,[7] a poor part of Glasgow. If I am a lesbian icon and a role model, that’s great, but if it is a word that is used to reduce me, then you have to ask why someone would want to reduce me? "Explain how poetry/pursues the human like the smitten moon/above the weeping, laughing earth ..."[40] The Mrs. Schofield of the title refers to Pat Schofield, an external examiner at Lutterworth College, Leicestershire, who complained about Education for Leisure, calling it "absolutely horrendous". She has also authored illustrated children’s fantasy story books. In 1974, she enrolled at the University of Liverpool, where she studied philosophy. At the age of 16, Duffy began a relationship with poet Adrian Henri, living with him until 1982. Born to a Catholic family in Scotland, she later relocated to England. Her aim is to communicate."[5]. After the break-off with A. Henry, in different time she worked as a literary critic in the journal “The Guardian”, then edited the “Spectrum” magazine and later read lectures in the university of Manchester and was the creative director in the Literature school. Loss (one-act), broadcast by BBC-Radio, 1986. Little Women, Big Boys (one-act), produced in London, England, 1986. No self-respecting poet should have to.' It is not a role I would wish on anyone - particularly not someone as forthright and uncompromising as Carol Ann. Poet, playwright. If you see something that doesn’t look right, contact us. C. Day Lewis fellow of poetry for Greater London Arts Association, 1982–84; first prize, British Broadcasting Corporation National Poetry Competition, 1983, for "Whoever She Was"; Eric Gregory Award, British Society of Authors, 1984; Scottish Arts Council award, 1986, for Standing Female Nude, 1990, for The Other Country, 1993, for Mean Time; first prize, Poems about Painting competition, Peterloo Poets, 1986, for "The Virgin Punishing the Infant"; Somerset Maugham Award, 1988, for Selling Manhattan; Dylan Thomas Award, 1989; Cholmondeley Award, 1992; Forward Poetry Prize for Best Poetry Collection of a Year, and Whitbread Poetry Award, both 1993, both for Mean Time; Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, 1995; named to Order of the British Empire, 1995, named commander, 2001; Signal Poetry Award, 1997, for Stopping for Death; Whitbread Children's Book Award shortlist, 2000, for Meeting Midnight, honorary doctorates from University of Hull, University of Warwick, and Keele University; National Endowment for Science, Technology, and the Arts grant, 2000. She also took a shot at dramaturgy – two plays were staged in the Puppet theater of Liverpool. "[38], According to The Guardian, schools were urged to destroy copies of the unedited anthology,[38] though this was later denied by AQA. Her most recent publication, Rapture (2005), is a series of intimate poems charting the course of a love affair, for which she won the £10,000 T.S Eliot poetry prize. Her mother was Irish, and her father had Irish grandparents. Her longest relationships have been those with the poets Adrian Henri and Jackie Kay. Randolph, Jody. The 1950s is often viewed as "baby boom" and a period of conformity, when young and old alike followed group norms rather than striking out on their own. Agent—Penny Tackaberry, Tessa Sayle Agency, 11 Jubilee Pl., London SW3 3TE, England. [12] In the same year, she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. CAROL Ann Duffy has been acclaimed as the first Poet Laureate for the whole family with her brilliant poems for children. Contemporary Women Poets, edited by Pamela Kester-Shelton, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1996. She published her first poetic work, Fleshweathercock and Other Poems, in 1974. [7] The eldest of five siblings, she has four brothers; Frank, Adrian, Eugene and Tim. Her poems address issues such as oppression, gender, and violence in an accessible language that has made them popular in schools. This award-winning British poet entered into a live-in relationship with her boyfriend when she was only 16 years old. except my heart stumbled and blushed In 2011, she came out with the illustrated book, ‘The Christmas Truce’, which is a moving tale of the World War I troops, both German and British who put down their guns to play a game of football on Christmas day. Her later collections are The Other Country (1990), Mean Time (1993) and The World's Wife (1999). According to the Sunday Times[7] Downing Street sources stated unofficially that Prime Minister Tony Blair was 'worried about having a homosexual poet laureate because of how it might play in middle England'. Published in 2009, her children’s book ‘The Princess's Blankets’, was a fictional tale of a young princess who could never feel warm with anything, until the day her heart is filled with the warmth of love. [18] Her second, "Last Post", was commissioned by the BBC to mark the deaths of Henry Allingham and Harry Patch, the last remaining British soldiers to fight in World War I. The Skipping-Rope Snake, illustrated by Lydia Monks, Macmillan Children's (London, England), 2003. Facts about Carol Ann Duffy 3: the early life. [8] Her mother's parents were Irish, and her father had Irish grandparents. A year later, she got acquainted with the poet A. Henry, with whom she began intimate terms. then a man will stand stock-still, hearing his youth The eldest of five siblings, she has four brothers; Frank, Adrian, Eugene and Tim. The strengths of this sign are being responsible, disciplined, good managers, while weaknesses can be to be the know-it-all, unforgiving, condescending and expecting the worst. Her plays include Take My Husband (1982), Cavern of Dreams (1984), Little Women, Big Boys (1986) Loss (1986), Casanova (2007). However, she is also a time-traveller and a shape-shifter, gliding from Troy to Hollywood, galaxies to intestines, sloughed-off skin to department stores while other poets make heavy weather of one kiss, one kick, one letter ... from verbal nuances to mind-expanding imaginative leaps, her words seem freshly plucked from the minds of non-poets – that is, she makes it look easy. Her father, a fitter for an electric company, ran an unsuccessful bid for Parliament in 1983. Queen Munch and Queen Nibble, illustrated by Lydia Monks, Macmillan Children's (London, England), 2002. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2009,[4] resigning in 2019. The first woman Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Carol Ann Duff is a much-admired, award-winning female poet. She was the first child of Frank Duffy, an electrician, and Mary Black. School Library Journal, January, 1994, p. 66. [27], In a Stylist magazine,[28] Duffy said of becoming poet laureate, "There's no requirement. JUMP TO: Carol Ann Duffy’s biography, facts, family, personal life, zodiac, videos, net worth, and popularity. The 64-year-old English poet has done well thus far. Employing "a poet's vigor and economy" and "combining traditions of style with direct, colloquial dialogue," according to Vida Conway in School Librarian, the play collections are intended for older children and young adults to use in drama and English classes. New Selected Poems, Picador (London, England), 2004. Her plays include Take My Husband (1982), Cavern of Dreams (1984), Little Women, Big Boys (1986) Loss (1986), a radio play and Casanova (2007). Carol Ann Duffy was almost appointed the British Poet Laureate in 1999 (after the death of previous Laureate Ted Hughes), but lost out on the position to Andrew Motion. Eliot Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Award, among other honors. (Editor) Hand in Hand: An Anthology of Love Poems, Picador (London, England), 2001. She worked as poetry critic for The Guardian from 1988–1989, and was editor of the poetry magazine, Ambit. The book takes readers on a fascinating journey into a fantastical world. Her mother's parents were Irish, and her father had Irish grandparents. She and Randall Jarrell both held the title of Poet Laureate. In the 2012, Duffy`s illustrated Christmas poem “Wenceslas: A Christmas Poem” was published. In 2009, she became the UK’s poet laureate. Fact Check: We strive for accuracy and fairness. Dame Carol Ann Duffy DBE FRSL HonFBA HonFRSE (born 23 December 1955) is a British[3] poet and playwright. While her father was an electrical fitter, he also stood as a parliamentary candidate (unsuccessfully) and managed the Stafford Rangers football club. Her verses lend voice to the alienated and often ignored members of the society. We chatted about poetry. At the age of fifteen, her poems were published by ‘Outposts’, a pamphlet publishing house. [25][26] Duffy also wrote the poem The Throne, which she composed for the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. In 1985, she published ‘Standing Female Nude’, a collection of poems. to the bored girls, ", Among Duffy's edited poetry anthologies, several have been deemed particularly appropriate for young-adult readers. Discover what happened on this day. "It's an anti-violence poem," she said. In her first collection Standing Female Nude (1985) she often uses the voices of outsiders while Selling Manhattan (1987) contains more personal verse. In the 2007, she published “Hat”, a collection of poems for children. [22] "Silver Lining", written in April 2010, acknowledges the grounding of flights caused by the ash of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull. Older male poets, the Larkin generation, were both incredibly patronizing and incredibly randy.

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