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- Carol Ann Duffy was born on December 23, 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is a writer and producer, known for National Theatre Live: Everyman (2015), Pygmalion's Bride (2016) and Human Interest (2014).
- She succeeded Sir Andrew Motion as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom on May 1, 2009.
- She was awarded an Eric Gregory Award in 1984 and a Cholmondeley Award in 1992 from the Society of Authors, the Dylan Thomas Award from the Poetry Society in 1989 and a Lannan Literary Award from the Lannan Foundation (USA) in 1995. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1999.
- She studied philosophy at the University of Liverpool in Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
- Former partner of Scottish poet and novelist, Jackie Kay.
- Has one daughter, Ella (born 1995), whose biological father is fellow poet, Peter Benson.
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