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OverviewThis outstanding first collection introduced Carol Ann Duffy's impressive gifts and the broad range of her interests and style. The poems are fresh, skilful, passionate. Since its publication in 1985, Duffy has won every major poetry prize in the United Kingdom and sold over one million copies of her books around the world. She was appointed Poet Laureate in 2009. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Carol Ann Duffy, DBEPublisher: Pan Macmillan Imprint: Picador Edition: Main Market Ed. Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 19.70cm Weight: 0.080kg ISBN: 9781509824960ISBN 10: 1509824960 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 ContentsReviewsBreaks the windows of perception in new ways altogether ... a genuine and original poet -- Robert Nye The Times Carol Ann Duffy is a very pure poet ... it is good to see a crusading sensibility refusing to surrender any touch of art to the urgency of its cause -- Peter Porter Observer Carol Ann Duffy is a very pure poet . . . it is good to see a crusading sensibility refusing to surrender any touch of art to the urgency of its cause -- Peter Porter * Observer * Breaks the windows of perception in new ways altogether . . . a genuine and original poet -- Robert Nye * The Times * 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 |