Festival internazionale
di letteratura a Venezia
prossima edizione: 15 18 aprile 2026

Carol Ann Duffy Great Britain

Friday April 17

Auditorium Santa Margherita - Emanuele Severino

Poets for Incroci

Carol Ann Duffy

Jonathan Galassi (United States)

In collaboration with Crocetti Editore, Dipartimento di Studi Culturali e Comparati

Born in Glasgow in 1955, Carol Ann Duffy showed an early interest in poetry. However, it was the city of Liverpool, where she moved to study philosophy, that became her true artistic training ground, offering a vibrant cultural environment rich in stimuli and creative energy. In 1985 she published her first poetry collection, Standing Female Nude, which was warmly received by critics. The volumes that followed earned her major accolades, including the Dylan Thomas Award, the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Costa Book Award and the PEN Pinter Prize. In 2009 she was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom: the first woman to hold the post since its establishment in 1668. In Italy, Crocetti has published the collections Poesie d’amore, 2024, Elegie, 2025, and, in 2026, Natura and Politica.

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