Michael Longley
Michael George Longley was a Northern Irish poet. In his later years Longley observed: "It's a mystery where poems come from. If I knew where poems came from I would go there ...
Background
- Born in
- Belfast
- Educated at
- Trinity College, DublinRoyal Belfast Academical Institution
- Awards
- 🏆 Hawthornden Prize🏆 T. S. Eliot Prize🏆 King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry🏆 Cholmondeley Award🏆 Griffin Poetry Prize
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Trending topics shown first"Poetry's only crucial attribute is rhythm. This is its heartbeat.This makes it memorable. If the rhythm falters , then the poem dies of heart failure."
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Timeline
1939
Born
Birth2025
Died
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