"The stars are the perfect streetlights of eternity."

Carol Ann Duffy (1955)
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About Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy is a renowned British poet and playwright. She was born in 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland. Duffy became the first woman and the first Scot to be appointed the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in 2009, a position she held until 2019. Known for her accessible style and insightful explorations of everyday experiences, Duffy has won numerous awards for her poetry, including the T. S. Eliot Prize.

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