Carol Ann Duffy was born on December 23, 1955.

She was born in Glasgow Scotsland, and moved to Stratford England at the age of 6.

Duffy grew up with a strict Roman Cathlotic religion, and as the oldest of 5 children, she was held the most responsible. ( "Carol Ann Duffy." Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica )

Due to her enviroment, and her strict religion, it has had a huge impact on her self-identity, culture, and the themes she puts into her works.

Carol Ann duffy knew who she was from an early age, as she began publishing her poems at the age of 14.

She was heavily encouraged by her peers, and educators. ( "Carol Ann Duffy." Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica )

After becoming an adult and graduation highschool, she attends Liverpool University, and graduates with a degree in Philosophy.

She immediately begins her work as a poet, and begins teaching, and publishing her works. ( "Carol Ann Duffy." Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica )

in 1966, she began to teach poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University,

She worked as a poetry critic for "The Guardian" from 1988 to 1989 ( "Carol Ann Duffy." Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica )

this opened new windows into her career, as it took off immediately

Duffy has earned over twenty awards, in over two decades.

She is also the first female to receive the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry for her collection The World's Wife ("Carol Ann Duffy." Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation,)

Duffy is best known for her poems about love that are used as forms of monologues.

Duffy's poetry often explores themes of love, loss, memory, gender, and feminism

SHE CONSISTENTLY uses dramatic monologue, irony, and vivid imagery. ( "Carol Ann Duffy." British Council: Literature, British Council,)

Most of her works are known for their disputable tone, language, and emotional impact.

She often writes from the perspective of excluded voices.

Ms. Duffy is associated with contemporary feminism and postmodernism.

Her work illistrates feminist themes, & challenges the traditional gender roles and the experiences of women through controversial situations. ("Carol Ann Duffy." Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation,)