Maureen Duffy
British novelist, poet, playwright, nonfiction author, activist · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Lived 1933 to 2026 · aged 92
Maureen Patricia Duffy was an English poet, playwright, novelist and non-fiction author. Long an activist covering such issues as gay rights and animal rights, she campaigned especially on behalf of authors. Duffy received the Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature in 2004 for her lifelong writings.
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In 2025, she was announced as the inaugural winner of the RSL Pioneer Prize, founded by Bernardine Evaristo, to be awarded to a different woman writer aged over 60 every year for ten years.
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The same award as Maureen
Margaret BusbyBoth received Benson Medal
Bernard LevinBoth received Fellow of the English Association
Peter PorterBoth received Fellow of the English Association
E. M. ForsterBoth received Benson Medal
Geraldine McCaughreanBoth received Fellow of the English AssociationVeronica WedgwoodBoth received Fellow of the English Association