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Carol Ann Duffy

1955 - Today

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Dame Carol Ann Duffy (born 23 December 1955) is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2009, serving in this position until her term expired in 2019. She was the first female poet laureate, the first Scottish-born poet and the first openly lesbian poet to hold the Poet Laureate position. Her collections include Standing Female Nude (1985), winner of a Scottish Arts Council Book Award; Selling Manhattan (1987), which won a Somerset Maugham Award; Mean Time (1993), which won the Whitbread Poetry Award; and Rapture (2005), which won the T. S. Eliot Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Carol Ann Duffy is the 6,830th most popular writer (down from 6,774th in 2024), the 6,448th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,252nd in 2019) and the 711th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Carol Ann Duffy ranks 6,830 out of 7,302. Before her are Stevie Smith, Deborah Ellis, Allen Tate, Tom Kapinos, Jean-Baptiste Andrea, and Marius von Mayenburg. After her are Stephen Chbosky, John Crowe Ransom, Wladimir Kaminer, William Safire, Louis MacNeice, and Lawrence Wright.

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Among people born in 1955, Carol Ann Duffy ranks 657. Before her are Christopher Lawford, Anthony Dod Mantle, Ben Wijnstekers, Janina Ochojska, Steve Roach, and Linda Martín Alcoff. After her are Nikolay Solodukhin, John Paulson, Ann Bancroft, Rohini Hattangadi, Butch Johnson, and Mike Parson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Carol Ann Duffy ranks 6,450 out of 8,785. Before her are Emily Beecham (1984), Wilf Mannion (1918), Miguel Sapochnik (1974), Jacqueline Hill (1929), Kevin Doyle (1960), and Jack Kelsey (1929). After her are Malcolm Rifkind (1946), Natasha Bedingfield (1981), John Inman (1935), Rick Savage (1960), Louis MacNeice (1907), and Peter Asher (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Carol Ann Duffy ranks 711. Before her are Alison Weir (1951), Benjamin Jowett (1817), Jasper Fforde (1961), Grant Morrison (1960), R. D. Blackmore (1825), and Stevie Smith (1902). After her are Louis MacNeice (1907), Peter Morgan (1963), Al Alvarez (1929), Kate Mosse (1961), Heston Blumenthal (1966), and Jo Walton (1964).

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