Carol Ann Duffy was born in Glasgow in 1955. Her awards include first prize in the 1983 National Poetry Competition; three Scottish Arts Council Book Awards; Eric Gregory, Somerset Maugham and Dylan Thomas Awards in Britain and a 1995 Lannan Literary Award in the USA. In 1993 she received the Forward Poetry Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Award for her acclaimed fourth collection 'Mean Time'.
Awards: SoA (1988)
Genres: Literary Fiction
Series
Christmas poems
1. The King of Christmas (2016)
2. The Wren-Boys (2015)
3. The Christmas Truce (2011)
4. Another Night Before Christmas (2005)
5. Mrs. Scrooge (2009)
6. Dorothy Wordsworth's Christmas Birthday (2014)
7. Bethlehem (2013)
8. Wenceslas (2012)
9. Pablo Picasso's Noel (2017)
10. Frost Fair (2019)
1. The King of Christmas (2016)
2. The Wren-Boys (2015)
3. The Christmas Truce (2011)
4. Another Night Before Christmas (2005)
5. Mrs. Scrooge (2009)
6. Dorothy Wordsworth's Christmas Birthday (2014)
7. Bethlehem (2013)
8. Wenceslas (2012)
9. Pablo Picasso's Noel (2017)
10. Frost Fair (2019)
Twelve Poems of Christmas
2. The Twelve Poems of Christmas: Volume Two (2010)
3. The Twelve Poems of Christmas: Volume Three (2011)
7. The Twelve Poems of Christmas: Volume 7 (2015)
8. The Twelve Poems of Christmas: Volume 8 (2016)
2. The Twelve Poems of Christmas: Volume Two (2010)
3. The Twelve Poems of Christmas: Volume Three (2011)
7. The Twelve Poems of Christmas: Volume 7 (2015)
8. The Twelve Poems of Christmas: Volume 8 (2016)
Collections
Fleshweathercock (poems) (1973)
Standing Female Nude (poems) (1985)
Selling Manhattan (poems) (1987)
The Other Country (poems) (1990)
William and the Ex-Prime Minister (poems) (1992)
Mean Time (poems) (1993)
Selected Poems (poems) (1994)
The Salmon Carol Ann Duffy (1996)
The Pamphlet (poems) (1998)
Five Finger-piglets (poems) (1999) (with others)
The World's Wife (poems) (1999)
Meeting Midnight (poems) (1999)
The Oldest Girl in the World (poems) (2000)
Feminine Gospels (poems) (2002)
The Good Child's Guide to Rock 'n' Roll (poems) (2003)
The Stolen Childhood (2003)
Beasts and Beauties (2004)
New Selected Poems (poems) (2004)
Rapture (poems) (2005)
The Lost Happy Endings (2006)
The Hat (poems) (2007)
New and Collected Poems for Children (2009)
The Manchester Carols (2009)
Love Poems (poems) (2010)
Soul Feathers (poems) (2011) (with others)
The Bees (poems) (2011)
Jubilee Lines (poems) (2012)
Ritual Lighting (2014)
Faery Tales (2014)
Collected Poems (poems) (2015)
The Map and the Clock (poems) (2016) (with Gillian Clarke)
Armistice (poems) (2018)
Sincerity (poems) (2018)
Christmas Poems (poems) (2021)
Love (poems) (2023)
Politics (poems) (2023)
Elegies (poems) (2023)
Nature (poems) (2023)
Three Wise Men (poems) (2024)
Standing Female Nude (poems) (1985)
Selling Manhattan (poems) (1987)
The Other Country (poems) (1990)
William and the Ex-Prime Minister (poems) (1992)
Mean Time (poems) (1993)
Selected Poems (poems) (1994)
The Salmon Carol Ann Duffy (1996)
The Pamphlet (poems) (1998)
Five Finger-piglets (poems) (1999) (with others)
The World's Wife (poems) (1999)
Meeting Midnight (poems) (1999)
The Oldest Girl in the World (poems) (2000)
Feminine Gospels (poems) (2002)
The Good Child's Guide to Rock 'n' Roll (poems) (2003)
The Stolen Childhood (2003)
Beasts and Beauties (2004)
New Selected Poems (poems) (2004)
Rapture (poems) (2005)
The Lost Happy Endings (2006)
The Hat (poems) (2007)
New and Collected Poems for Children (2009)
The Manchester Carols (2009)
Love Poems (poems) (2010)
Soul Feathers (poems) (2011) (with others)
The Bees (poems) (2011)
Jubilee Lines (poems) (2012)
Ritual Lighting (2014)
Faery Tales (2014)
Collected Poems (poems) (2015)
The Map and the Clock (poems) (2016) (with Gillian Clarke)
Armistice (poems) (2018)
Sincerity (poems) (2018)
Christmas Poems (poems) (2021)
Love (poems) (2023)
Politics (poems) (2023)
Elegies (poems) (2023)
Nature (poems) (2023)
Three Wise Men (poems) (2024)
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine (1992)
Forward Book of Poetry (1996)
Hand in Hand (2001)
Intimate Expanses (2004)
Out of Fashion (2004)
Answering Back (2007)
Overheard on a Saltmarsh (2009)
To the Moon (2009)
101 Poems for Children (2012)
1914: Poetry Remembers (2013)
Off the Shelf (2016)
Empty Nest (2021)
Earth Prayers (2024)
Forward Book of Poetry (1996)
Hand in Hand (2001)
Intimate Expanses (2004)
Out of Fashion (2004)
Answering Back (2007)
Overheard on a Saltmarsh (2009)
To the Moon (2009)
101 Poems for Children (2012)
1914: Poetry Remembers (2013)
Off the Shelf (2016)
Empty Nest (2021)
Earth Prayers (2024)
Plays show
Picture Books show
Books containing stories by Carol Ann Duffy
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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourteenth Annual Collection (2001)
(Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, book 14)
edited by
Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999)
(Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, book 12)
edited by
Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Awards
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Carol Ann Duffy recommends
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Cryers Hill (2007)
Kitty Aldridge
"Cryers Hill is a beautifully written, profoundly moving, observantly funny, deeply English novel by one of the most talented prose writers I have read in years."
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