|
|
|||
|
||||
Awards
OverviewThe poems in Carol Ann Duffy's highly praised second collection range from the dramatic monologues for which she is noted, to love poems, which she writes, Robert Nye remarked, 'as if she were the first to do so'. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Carol Ann Duffy, DBEPublisher: Pan Macmillan Imprint: Picador Edition: Main Market Ed. Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 19.70cm Weight: 0.090kg ISBN: 9781509824984ISBN 10: 1509824987 Pages: 80 Publication Date: 20 October 2016 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsCarol Ann Duffy is the most humane and accessible poet of our time Guardian Duffy is magnificent, grounded, heartfelt, dedicated to the notion that poetry can give us the music of life itself Scotsman Accessible and entertaining, yet her form is classical, her technique razor-sharp. She is read by people who don't really read poetry, yet she maintains the respect of her peers. Reviewers praise her touching, sensitive, witty evocations of love, loss, dislocation, nostalgia; fans talk of greeting her at readings 'with claps and cheers that would not sound out of place at a rock concert. -- Katharine Viner Guardian Author InformationCarol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has written for both children and adults, and her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize for Children's Verse, the Whitbread, Forward and T. S. Eliot Prizes, and the Lannan and E. M. Forster Prize in America. She was appointed Poet Laureate in 2009. In 2011 The Bees won the Costa Poetry Award, and in 2012 she won the PEN Pinter Prize. She was appointed DBE in 2015. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |