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Maureen Duffy (b. 1933 in Worthing , Sussex ) is a notable contemporary British Poet , Playwright and Novelist . She has also published a literary biography of Aphra Behn , and ''The Erotic World of Faery'' a book-length study of eroticism in Faery fantasy literature. After a tough childhood, Duffy took her degree in English from King's College London . She went on to be a schoolteacher from 1956 to 1961 , and edited three editions of a poetry magazine called ''the sixties''. She then turned to writing full-time as a poet and playwright after being commissioned to produce a screenplay by Granada Television . Her first novel, written at the suggestion of a publisher, ''That's How It Was'' ( 1962 ), was published to great acclaim. Her first openly Lesbian novel was ''The Microcosm'' ( 1966 ), set in the famous lesbian Gateways Club in London . To date she has published around thirty works, including five volumes of poetry. Her ''Collected Poems, 1949-84'' appeared in 1985 . Her work has often used Freudian ideas and Greek Myth as a framework. She is said to have been Britain's first lesbian to " Come Out " in public, and made public comments during the debates around homosexual law reform. In 1977 she published "The Ballad of the Blasphemy Trial", a broadside against the trial of the '' Gay News '' newspaper for 'blasphemous libel'. She has been active in a variety of groups representing the interest of writers, and is currently the President of the European Writers' Congress , and a fellow of the Royal Society Of Literature . She is deeply interested in issues around enforcing traditional forms of Intellectual Property law. FURTHER READING
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