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Accolades:

Scottish Arts Council Award

Whitbred/Costa Book Award

Forward Poetry Prize

Somerset Maugham Award

T.S. Elliot Prize

5 year grant from the National Endowment for Science

Titles:

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), 1995

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), 2002

Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE), 2015

(The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica)

("Carol Ann Duffy", poets.org)

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Her first job involved her writing for television shows.

She worked a lot with poetry; she was a poetry critic for magazine The Guardian for one year in 1989, and was a poetry editor for magazine Ambit.

She lectured her poetry to students at Manchester Metropolitan University.

(The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica)

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In her early life, her English teachers strongly encouraged Duffy with her passion for reading and writing.

In 1977, she earned her philosophy degree at Liverpool University.

Her first job involved her writing for television shows.

("Carol Ann Duffy", poets.org)

("Carol Ann Duffy", Scottish Poetry Library)

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Feminism: Duffy has been actively involved in the lives and experiences of women. She writes about numerous topics surrounding this issue, such as aging, menstruation, history, motherhood, societal expectation, and others.

Gender issues: Duffy grants her vision of these issues mainly through gender-related violence.

Alienation: She expresses her views through oppression and social inequality.

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Themes:

Gender

Oppression

Duality of love

Life and death

Loss, mourning

(Natalie 3)

(The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica)

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Devices/Technique:

Dramatic monologue

Striking narrative structure

Humorous to realistic tone

Conversational language

(Natalie 3, 4)

(The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica)

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Her most famous works are:

Standing Female Nude (1985)

The World's Wife (1999)

Rapture (2005)

(“Carol Ann Duffy Poems", Poem Analysis)

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Ruth Padel called Rapture in media The Independent, "a superb demonstration of... Duffy's formidably inventive artistry, her dedication to the craft and tradition of poetry, and above all the love poem."

("Carol Ann Duffy", poets.org)

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She was born on December 23rd, 1955, in Glasgow, Scotland (Great Britain).

Her father worked as a fitter for an electric company named English Electric. He tried to run a bid for Parliament, but failed.

She is of Irish descent.

("Carol Ann Duffy", poets.org)

("Carol Ann Duffy", Scottish Poetry Library)