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- Birth nameMaureen Patricia Duffy
- Maureen Duffy was born on October 21, 1936 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK. She was a writer, known for First Born (1988), The Younger Generation (1961) and Sanctuary (1967). She died on May 27, 2026 in the UK.
- Poet, playwright, novelist, nonfiction writer and activist.
- In the late 1950s, she worked as a schoolteacher, before turning to writing full-time after being commissioned to produce a screenplay by Granada Television.
- Won her first poetry competition aged 17, and completed her first play while studying English at King's College London.
- In 2025, she was recognised for her contributions to writers and wider society by receiving the inaugural RSL Pioneer Prize from the Royal Society of Literature.
- Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) founder.
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