Prof Carol Ann Duffy
Professor of Contemporary Poetry
Contact Details
Room: Geoffrey Manton Building (Room 219)
Telephone: 0161 247 6761
Responsibilities
Creative Director, The Writing School Teaching Areas: Creative Writing - PoetryBackground
Qualifications:
BA University of Liverpool
Brief Professional Biography:
Professional Poet Poet Laureate (2009 - present)
Honorary Doctorates: University of Dundee University of Hull University of St Andrews University of Warwick
Awards: T. S. Eliot Prize (for Rapture), 2005 CBE, 2001 Signal Poetry Award (for Stopping for Death), 1997 OBE, 1995 Lannan Literary Award (Poetry), 1995 Whitbread Poetry Award (for Mean Time), 1993 Scottish Arts Council Book Award (for Mean Time), 1993 Forward Poetry Prize: Best Poetry Collection of the Year (for Mean Time), 1993 Cholmondeley Award, 1993 Scottish Arts Council Book Award (for The Other Country), 1990 Dylan Thomas Award, 1989 Somerset Maugham Award (for Selling Manhattan), 1988 Eric Gregory Award, 1984 National Poetry Competition (for Whoever She Was), 1986 C. Day Lewis Fellowship, 1982
Positions: Poet Laureate (2009 - present) Ambit: Poetry Editor Arts Council Awards: Judge Manchester Poetry Prize: Head Judge Society of Authors: Panel Member Poetry Society: Vice President
Links:
www.sheerpoetry.co.uk
