You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what’s in your heart.
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| Birth: | 23rd December, 1955 |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
| Profession: | Playwright, Poet, Professor |
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Carol Ann Duffy was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She is a scottish poet and playwright. She is Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Britain's poet laureate in May 2009. She is the first woman, the first Scot, and the first openly LGBT person to hold the position. Her collections include Standing Female Nude, winner of a Scottish Arts Council Award and Mean Time, which won the Whitbread Poetry Award.
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