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When I first encountered Duffy’s writing, I was astonished at how far ahead she was for her time – a true literary innovator . . . Alongside her prolific creativity, her activism for gay and author rights is unparalleled

Bernardine Evaristo, Observer, ‘Maureen Duffy Obiturary'

There could not have been a more deserving winner for the inaugural RSL Pioneer Prize . . . Her writing and activism were never far apart

Claire Armitstead, Guardian

A writer of intense political principle, committed to fighting for the rights of others . . . Maureen Duffy’s life and work was expansive and disruptive

Tribune

A true trailblazer in every sense of the word

Bernardine Evaristo, Guardian, ‘Maureen Duffy Awarded RSL Pioneer Prize’

Writer, poet, playwright, critic, activist: the words gather around Maureen Duffy but never quite contain her . . . Throughout a career spanning more than six decades, she wrote with intelligence, moral clarity and an unwavering curiosity about people pushed to the edges of society. At the same time, she fought tirelessly for the rights of authors, for gay liberation, for animal welfare and for the idea that culture itself is a public good worth defending . . . To encounter Duffy's work is to meet a mind unwilling to accept conventional boundaries between genres, between species, between public and private life . . . Maureen demonstrated that literature can do more than reflect society, it can reshape it

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