Carol Ann Duffy
Auteur de The World's Wife
A propos de l'auteur
Carol Ann Duffy has published four highly praised collections of poetry. Her last, "Mean Time", won the "Forward" Poetry Prize & the Whitbread Poetry Prize. She lives in Manchester, England. (Publisher Fact Sheets) Carol Ann Duffy was born on December 23, 1955 in Gasgow. She is a Scottish poet and afficher plus playwright. She is also 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. She was a passionate reader from an early age, and always wanted to be a writer, producing poems from the age of 11. When Duffy was 15, June Scriven sent her poems to Outposts, a publisher of pamphlets, where it was read by the bookseller Bernard Stone, who published some of them. She applied to the University of Liverpool and began a philosophy degree there in 1974. She had two plays performed at the Liverpool Playhouse, wrote a pamphlet, Fifth Last Song, and received an honours degree in philosophy in 1977. She worked as poetry critic for The Guardian from 1988 -1989, and was editor of the poetry magazine, Ambit. In 1996, she was appointed as a lecturer in poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and later became creative director of its Writing School. She has since gone on to write several works of poetry and children's books. Her title's The World's Wife, Rapture, and The Bees made the New Zealand Best Seller List. (Publisher Provided) afficher moins
Crédit image: Carol Ann Duffy. (Source: Lesbian of the Day)
Séries
Œuvres de Carol Ann Duffy
The Map and the Clock: A Laureate's Choice of the Poetry of Britain and Ireland (2016) 37 exemplaires
Off The Shelf: A Celebration of Bookshops in Verse (2016) — Directeur de publication — 29 exemplaires
Eight World's Wives 3 exemplaires
Selling Manhattan by Carol Ann Duffy (1997-04-24) 2 exemplaires
Mean Time by Duffy. Carol Ann ( 1993 ) Paperback 2 exemplaires
The Twelve Poems of Christmas: Volume One 2 exemplaires
The Zoo Keeper 1 exemplaire
Long Table 1 exemplaire
Warming Her Pearls {poem} 1 exemplaire
Politics 1 exemplaire
Ecolibrium Now: The Earth in Balance a Creative Tapestry in Support of Ending Ecocide (2015) 1 exemplaire
Ten: Ten Poems by Ten Poets at Ten University of Cambridge Museums and Collections (2013) 1 exemplaire
“Mrs Lazarus” 1 exemplaire
Politics: Carol Ann Duffy 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection (1999) — Contributeur — 266 exemplaires
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection (2001) — Contributeur — 249 exemplaires
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Contributeur — 82 exemplaires
Buzz Words: Poems About Insects (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) (2021) — Contributeur — 33 exemplaires
Don't Panic, I'm Islamic: Words and Pictures on How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Alien Next Door (2017) — Contributeur — 12 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Duffy, Carol Ann
- Date de naissance
- 1955-12-23
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Pays (pour la carte)
- Scotland, UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Manchester, England, UK
Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Stafford, England, UK - Études
- Liverpool University
Stafford Girls' High School - Professions
- poet
playwright - Relations
- Benson, Peter (biological father of her daughter)
Kay, Jackie (partner) - Prix et distinctions
- Eric Gregory Award (1984)
Lannan Literary Award (poetry | 1995)
Order of the British Empire (officer | 1995 | commander | 2001)
E. M. Forster Award (2000)
PEN Pinter prize (2012)
Poet Laureate of the UK (2009-2019) (tout afficher 8)
Dylan Thomas Award
Cholmondeley Award
Membres
Critiques
Bored to tears, with Christmas approaching, a Baron takes his good wife's suggestion in this poem from Carol Ann Duffy, and appoints a Lord of Misrule—a yeoman who will preside over the holiday festivities at their manor. So begins a riotous time, in which social conventions are inverted, much feasting and drinking occurs, and wild shenanigans ensue..
Published in 2016, The King of Christmas is apparently part of an annual holiday tradition in which Scottish poet Duffy, for many years the Poet Laureate of the UK, presents a Christmas poem to the public, in a beautifully-illustrated picture book edition. Apparently it all began in 2009, with the publication of Mrs. Scrooge: A Christmas Poem, illustrated by the marvelous Posy Simmonds, and has carried on ever since. The poem from this past year (2023) was Christmas Eve at The Moon Under Water, illustrated by Margaux Carpentier.
I was completely unaware of this tradition, when I purchased a digital edition of The King of Christmas shortly before the holiday. As it happens, I imagined it was an actual children's picture book, given the fact that this is usually what illustrator Lara Hawthorne produces. Duffy is an adult author, for the most part, but has also produced children's book, such as the original fairy-tale, The Lost Happy Endings. In any case, despite this not being what I expected, I did enjoy it. The story told through the poem was amusing, the poem itself was a pleasure to read, and I enjoyed the accompanying artwork from Hawthorne. I might even consider tracking down some of the other entries in this "Christmas Poems" tradition, next holiday season. Recommended to fans of the poet, and to anyone looking for a riotous Christmas celebration, in picture book form, for adults.… (plus d'informations)
Published in 2016, The King of Christmas is apparently part of an annual holiday tradition in which Scottish poet Duffy, for many years the Poet Laureate of the UK, presents a Christmas poem to the public, in a beautifully-illustrated picture book edition. Apparently it all began in 2009, with the publication of Mrs. Scrooge: A Christmas Poem, illustrated by the marvelous Posy Simmonds, and has carried on ever since. The poem from this past year (2023) was Christmas Eve at The Moon Under Water, illustrated by Margaux Carpentier.
I was completely unaware of this tradition, when I purchased a digital edition of The King of Christmas shortly before the holiday. As it happens, I imagined it was an actual children's picture book, given the fact that this is usually what illustrator Lara Hawthorne produces. Duffy is an adult author, for the most part, but has also produced children's book, such as the original fairy-tale, The Lost Happy Endings. In any case, despite this not being what I expected, I did enjoy it. The story told through the poem was amusing, the poem itself was a pleasure to read, and I enjoyed the accompanying artwork from Hawthorne. I might even consider tracking down some of the other entries in this "Christmas Poems" tradition, next holiday season. Recommended to fans of the poet, and to anyone looking for a riotous Christmas celebration, in picture book form, for adults.… (plus d'informations)
Who doesn't love an advent calendar with a window to open each day? In 2022, Duffy's christmas poem focuses on the windows lit up on a dark night on Advent Street. There's a ballerina, a small tangerine bird, Christmas trees and Hanukkah candles
Old age in its armchair.
Babies lifted from cribs, presents.
Teenagers lit by laptops - young saints
their guardians below, passing and laying
the plates onto the tables.
Advent Street
And then the last window is reached and the person wandering, looking in the windows, lonely and wanting to be whole, is invited in for a meal.
I love these little christmas poetry books, each illustrated by a different illustrator, this one by Yelena Brysenkovak. I have all of them.… (plus d'informations)
Old age in its armchair.
Babies lifted from cribs, presents.
Teenagers lit by laptops - young saints
their guardians below, passing and laying
the plates onto the tables.
Advent Street
And then the last window is reached and the person wandering, looking in the windows, lonely and wanting to be whole, is invited in for a meal.
I love these little christmas poetry books, each illustrated by a different illustrator, this one by Yelena Brysenkovak. I have all of them.… (plus d'informations)
Small hardcover which brings together select love poems from Duffy. Makes a nice gift by but If you have much of Duffy's work you might find redundant....
Listes
THE WAR ROOM (1)
Poetry Corner (2)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 104
- Aussi par
- 26
- Membres
- 4,109
- Popularité
- #6,124
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 70
- ISBN
- 232
- Langues
- 5
- Favoris
- 12
fiction was colour.
Inside a dragon, a jewel.
Abracadabra.
A magic carpet took flight,
bearing a girl.
The hand of a Queen shut tight
over a pearl.
from Scheherazade
This is my favourite of her collections so far, with poems about nature (including several about bees), war, mythology and storytelling. I can't choose a favourite poem from this collection as there were so many I enjoyed, including Scheherazade, Last Post, Big Ask and The Human Bee.… (plus d'informations)