Carol Ann Duffy

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Carol Ann Duffy

Dame Carol Ann Duffy (born December 23, 1955 in Glasgow , Scotland , United Kingdom ) is a Scottish poet and playwright . She holds a professorship in contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University and was named Poet Laureate on May 1, 2009 . She is the first woman, the first Scottish woman and the first openly gay personality to take this position.

Life

She has been the Poet Laureate since May 1, 2009 , the British court poet appointed by the Queen. She is the first woman and the first Scot in this role. She is an openly lesbian and has a daughter.

Duffy lives in Manchester and is Professor of Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University . At the time of her appointment, "Die Ventriloquist Doll" was available in German in a translation by Margitt Lehbert in the St. Pöltner Residenz-Verlag ; the Munich Kunstmann-Verlag has meanwhile also published a volume of poetry translated into German.

For the 2012 Paralympics in London, Carol Ann Duffy has officially written a long poem for public lecture. " Eton Manor " describes the hundred-year history of the building complex selected for the sports competitions in wheelchair tennis and swimming.

Awards

The author was proposed as Poet Laureate in 1999. The title went to Andrew Motion , who limited his term of office to ten years. She won the National Poetry Competition in 1983 , the Somerset Maugham Award in 1988, and was awarded the Whitbread Award and Forward Poetry Prize in 1993, and the TS Eliot Prize in 2005 . She also won the Scottish Arts Council Book Award several times . In 2014 she was ennobled as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire .

Works (selection)

  • Fleshweathercock and Other Poems Outposts, 1974
  • Beauty and the Beast Carol Ann Duffy & Adrian Henri, 1977
  • Fifth Last Song Headland, 1982
  • Standing Female Nude Anvil Press Poetry, 1985
  • Thrown Voices Turret Books, 1986
  • Selling Manhattan Anvil Press Poetry, 1987
  • The Other Country Anvil Press Poetry, 1990
  • I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine Viking, 1992
  • William and the Ex-Prime Minister Anvil Press Poetry, 1992
  • Mean Time Anvil Press Poetry, 1993
  • Anvil New Poets Volume 2 Penguin, 1994
  • Selected Poems Penguin, 1994
  • Penguin Modern Poets 2 Penguin, 1995
  • Grimm Tales Faber and Faber, 1996
  • Salmon - Carol Ann Duffy: Selected Poems Salmon Poetry, 1996
  • Stopping for Death Viking, 1996
  • The ventriloquist dummy , (from the English by Margitt Lehbert), 1996
  • More Grimm Tales Faber and Faber, 1997
  • The Pamphlet Anvil Press Poetry, 1998
  • Meeting Midnight Faber and Faber, 1999
  • The World's Wife Anvil Press Poetry, 1999
  • Time's Tidings: Greeting the 21st Century Anvil Press Poetry, 1999
  • The Oldest Girl in the World Faber and Faber, 2000
  • Hand in Hand Picador, 2001
  • Feminine Gospels Picador, 2002
  • Queen Munch and Queen Nibble (illustrated by Lydia Monks) Macmillan Children's Books, 2002
  • Underwater Farmyard (illustrated by Joel Stewart) Macmillan Children's Books, 2002
  • The Good Child's Guide to Rock N Roll Faber and Faber, 2003
  • Collected Grimm Tales Faber and Faber, 2003
  • New Selected Poems Picador, 2004
  • Out of Fashion: An Anthology of Poems Faber and Faber, 2004
  • Overheard on a Saltmarsh: Poets' Favorite Poems Macmillan, 2004
  • Another Night Before Christmas John Murray, 2005
  • Moon Zoo Macmillan, 2005
  • Rapture Picador, 2005
  • The Lost Happy Endings (with Jane Ray) Penguin, 2006
  • Answering Back Picador, 2007
  • The Hat Faber and Faber, 2007
  • The Tear Thief Barefoot Books, 2007
  • The gift ( The gift , together with Rob Ryan. From the English by Ulrike Becker) Kunstmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-88897-689-6

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof Carol Ann Duffy - Academic Staff ( Memento of May 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Manchester Metropolitan University, (accessed December 13, 2016)
  2. ^ After 341 Years, British Poet Laureate Is a Woman The New York Times (May 1, 2009), (accessed December 13, 2016)
  3. ↑ Duffy reacts to new Laureate post BBC News ( May 1, 2009 ), (accessed on December 13, 2016)
  4. ↑ New York Times, May 1, 2009: After 341 Years, British Poet Laureate Is a Woman
  5. ↑ Pinknews: Carol Ann Duffy: 'Sexuality is a lovely, ordinary, normal thing'
  6. ^ The Guardian of March 1, 2012: Poet laureate composes Olympics 2012 tribute Carol Ann Duffy's 'Eton Manor', a tribute to the sports club redeveloped for this autumn's event, will be a permanent exhibit
personal data
SURNAME Duffy, Carol Ann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish poet and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow