Duffy, Carol Ann.

Standing Female Nude.

Third Edition. London, Anvil Press Poetry Ltd., 1989. 21.4cm x 13.5cm. 62 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Carol Ann Duffy: “Best wishes Carol Ann”.

Includes for example the following poems: Girl Talking / Ash Wednesday / I Remember Me / Till Our Face / Lovebirds / Free Will / Words of Absolution / Human Interest / Dreaming of Somewhere Else / Liverpool Echo / Poem in Oils / Ink on Paper / War Photographer / And Then What, etc.

Dame Carol Ann Duffy (born 23 December 1955) is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2009, serving in this position until her term expired in 2019. She was the first female poet laureate, the first Scottish-born poet and the first openly lesbian poet to hold the Poet Laureate position.

Her collections include Standing Female Nude (1985), winner of a Scottish Arts Council Book Award; Selling Manhattan (1987), which won a Somerset Maugham Award; Mean Time (1993), which won the Whitbread Poetry Award; and Rapture (2005), which won the T. S. Eliot Prize. Her poems address issues such as oppression, gender, and violence, in accessible language. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Catalogue No.10 – International Literature · Poetry · Poetry – Rare · Scottish Literature · Scottish Poet · Scottish Poets · SIGNED
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0856461504
• Inventory Number: 81052AB

EUR 48,--