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Seamus Justin Heaney MRIA (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his best-known works is Death of a Naturalist (1966), his first major published volume.
Seamus Heaney is widely recognized as one of the major poets of the 20th century. A native of Northern Ireland, Heaney was raised in County Derry, and later lived for many years in Dublin. He was the author of over 20 volumes of poetry and criticism, and edited several widely used anthologies.
May 16, 2024 · Seamus Heaney (born April 13, 1939, near Castledàwson, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland—died August 30, 2013, Dublin, Ireland) was an Irish poet whose work is notable for its evocation of Irish rural life and events in Irish history as well as for its allusions to Irish myth.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1995 was awarded to Seamus Heaney "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past"
Aug 30, 2013 · Seamus Heaney. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1995. Born: 13 April 1939, Casteldàwson, Northern Ireland. Died: 30 August 2013, Dublin, Ireland. Residence at the time of the award: Ireland. Prize motivation: “for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past” Language: English. Prize share: 1/1. Life.
Seamus Heaney was born on 13 April, 1939 in rural County Derry, in Northern Ireland. He was the eldest of nine children born to Patrick Heaney, a cattle farmer, and Margaret McCann, and grew up on the family farm of Mossbawn.
Aug 30, 2023 · On this day 10 years ago, one of Ireland and the world's most famous poets, Seamus Heaney, died at the age of 74. But how is he viewed in 2023? We asked six people -...
Dec 7, 1995 · Seamus Heaney delivering his Nobel Prize lecture at the Swedish Academy on 7 December 1995. Photo from the Lars Åström archive. Nobel Lecture, December 7, 1995. Listen to an audio recording of Seamus Heaney’s Nobel Lecture.
Seamus Heaney - Born in Ireland in 1939, Seamus Heaney was the author of numerous poetry collections, including Human Chain (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010). He split his time between Dublin, Ireland, and Boston, where he taught at Harvard University for many years.
Mar 10, 2017 · Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) was one of the greatest and most popular English-language poets of the late twentieth century, and he continued to write into the current century. He was also the best-loved of the group of Irish poets who came to prominence in the second half of the twentieth century.
