Maureen Duffy obituary (opens in new tab)

Poet, playwright and novelist who fought hard for gay rights and the welfare of her fellow authorsAsked last year what it felt like to be hailed as a pioneer, the writer and activist Maureen Duffy, who has died aged 92, replied: “It’s a funny old thing. I suppose I’ll get used to it.” Yet there could not have been a more deserving winner for the inaugural , set up by Bernardine Evaristo and the Royal Society of Literature to honour the achievements of British writers aged over 60.The author o...