Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet and playwright who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995 and is celebrated for his richly textured verse.
Background
- Born in
- Castledawson
- Educated at
- Bates CollegeQueen's University BelfastSt Columb's College
- Awards
- 🏆 T. S. Eliot Prize🏆 Forward Poetry Prize🏆 Lannan Literary Awards🏆 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize🏆 Irish Book Awards
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Trending topics shown first"It is always betterto avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning.For every one of us, living in this worldmeans waiting for our end. Let whoever canwin glory before death. When a warrior is gone,tha…"
"The writing of certain poems took me to the bottom of myself, something inchoate but troubled, you might say I had muddied the waters, but I felt these poems arrived from an older , deeper, cleaner sp…"
"My poetry journey into the wilderness of language was a journey where each point of arrival turned out to be a stepping stone rather than a destination."
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Timeline
1939
Born
Birth2016
Died
Death
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