Carol Ann Duffy
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About
One-time British Poet Laureate whose poetry collections include Standing Female Nude, Mean Time, and Rapture. Her poetic works, which address themes of gender roles and violence, received the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Award, among other honors.
Before Fame
She graduated from the University of Liverpool with a degree in philosophy. She published her first poetic work, Fleshweathercock and Other Poems, in 1974.
Trivia
She earned a spot on a 2013 BBC Radio list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the United Kingdom.
Family Life
Born to a Catholic family in Scotland, she later relocated to England. She had a daughter, Ella, with Peter Benson.
Associated With
She and Randall Jarrell both held the title of Poet Laureate.
