Background on Carol Ann Duffy by Rylee Gagow https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f en-us 2023-10-12 19:36:43 UTC 2023-10-14 00:53:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Childhood 1000051617 https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f/wish/2744164450 Full Name: Dame Carol Ann Duffy (born December 23, 1955)
From: Glasgow, Scotland
"Duffy lived in Glasgow, Scotland, until age six, when she and her family moved to Stafford, England. Her father, a fitter for an electric company, ran an unsuccessful bid for Parliament in 1983. Duffy grew up attending convent schools and began publishing her poetry in magazines at age 14." - Encyclopaedia Britannica]]> 2023-10-12 19:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f/wish/2744164450 Personal Life 1000051617 https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f/wish/2744166288 - Duffy had eagerness to explore literature from a young age. This was "encouraged by two of her English teachers, and developed by the poet-artist Adrian Henri (one of a trio of Liverpool poets whose work was famously anthologised as ‘The Mersey Sound’ in 1967), with whom she lived romantically from the age of 16 until 1982" - (Scottish Poetry Library)
- Carol Ann Duffy identifies as a lesbian though her poetry about love is not gender bias - (Poetry Foundation)
- Duffy is a professor of poetry and "the creative director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. She lives in Manchester" - (Poetry Foundation)

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  • Standing Female Nude (1895) - Scottish Arts Council Award
  • Selling Manhattan (1987) - Somerset Maugham Award
  • Rapture (2005) - T.S Elliot Prize 
  • The Bees (2011) - Costa Poetry Award 
  • Pinter Prize (2012)
  • Mean Time (1993) - Whitbread Poetry Award and the Forward Poetry Prize
  • etc.
    • ]]>     2023-10-12 19:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f/wish/2744166523     Frequent Topics 1000051617 https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f/wish/2744166917 Themes according to the British Council Literaure:
    • Language
    • Representation of reality
    • Construction of the self
    • Gender issues
    • Oppression and social inequality

    ]]>     2023-10-12 19:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f/wish/2744166917     Works Cited 1000051617 https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f/wish/2744167669 2023-10-12 19:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f/wish/2744167669 Implementation 1000051617 https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f/wish/2745773216 "She writes in everyday, conversational language, making her poems appear deceptively simple" - (British Council Literature)

    "She makes frequent use of the dramatic monologue in her exploration of different voices and different identities, and she also uses the sonnet form" - (British Council Literature)

    "Duffy is both serious and humorous, often writing in a mischievous, playful style - in particular, she plays with words as she explores the way in which meaning and reality are constructed through language" - (British Council Literature)]]>     2023-10-14 00:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f/wish/2745773216     1000051617 https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f/wish/2745777086 2023-10-14 00:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f/wish/2745777086 Religion 1000051617 https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f/wish/2745778208 Duffy was raised in a Roman Catholic Household - (Wikipedia)]]> 2023-10-14 00:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1000051617/v1o6wspo8ixt367f/wish/2745778208