Other Country [Paperback]

Carol Ann Duffy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 19, 1990

Carol Ann Duffy's third collection takes us to the other country' - the places that we visit in fantasy, memory and imagination. What is admirable about Duffy', commented Robert Nye in The Times', is that she celebrates such places without sentimentalizing them, and wrings the last drop of meaning from each visit.'

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'. On May 1, 2009 she was named the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

'A slim volume like few that have been published recently: urgent, packed with future classics - a book that proclaims that poetry is alive. Be in there early'Peter Forbes, The Guardian'Her perfect pitch and subtle sense of rhythm tap the roots of memory and consciousness to profound effect'Dennis O'Driscoll, Poetry Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Carol Ann Duffy was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1955. She has won all major UK poetry prizes as well as a Lannan Literary Award in the USA.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 56 pages
• Publisher: Anvil Press Poetry (April 19, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0856462268
• ISBN-13: 978-0856462269
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,533,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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