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Seamus Heaney

Seamus Justin Heaney MRIA (/ˈʃeɪməs ˈhiːni/; 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. Heaney was and is still recognised as one of the principal contributors to poetry in Ireland during his lifetime. American poet Robert Lowell described him as "the most important Irish poet since Yeats", and many others, including the academic John Sutherland, have said that he was "the greatest poet of our age". Robert Pinsky has stated that "with his wonderful gift of eye and ear Heaney has the gift of the story-teller." Upon his death in 2013, The Independent described him as "probably the best-known poet in the world". source

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Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)

Born 13 April 1939
Died 30 August 2013

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  • Cover of: The government of the tongue: selected prose, 1978-1987
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  • Cover of: Opened ground: selected poems, 1966-1996
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  • Cover of: Amnesty International: From the Republic of Conscience 2007 Wall Calendar

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  • Cover of: Ausgewählte Gedichte.

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  • Cover of: Die Wasserwaage. The Spirit Level.

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Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)

Born 13 April 1939
Died 30 August 2013

Subjects

Poetry (poetic works by one author), Poetry, English poetry, Irish authors, History and criticism, Irish poetry, Dragons, Monsters, Criticism and interpretation, Epic poetry, English (Old), Drama, Heroes, Male authors, Modern Poetry, American poetry, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Adaptations, English literature, Fiction, general, Irish Poets, Fiction, History, Magh Rath, Battle of, 637, Pictorial works, Poetry, authorship

Places

Northern Ireland, Ireland, Scandinavia, Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, England, Thebes (Greece), Civilization, Greece, London, Londonderry, Scotland, Troy (Extinct city)

People

Seamus Heaney (1939-2013), Seamus Heaney (1939-), Suibhne Geilt, Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), Mangan's sister, Seamus Heaney, W. B. Yeats (1865-1939), Robert Lowell (1917-1977), William Wordsworth (1770-1850), Alfred Doolittle, Ardyn Halter (1956-), Austin Clarke (1896-1974), Brian Friel, Colonel Pickering, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Eliza Doolittle, Freddy Eynsford Hill, Galatea, George Barker (1913-), George Herbert (1593-1633), Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), Henry Higgins, Horace, Ian Stuart (1929-), John Harold Hewitt (1907-)

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20th century, 21st century, To 1172, 19th century, 1912, 1966-1996

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Alternative names

  • HEANEY, SEAMUS, 1939-
  • SEAMUS HEANEY
  • SEAMUS). Heaney, Seamus (HEANEY

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January 18, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
October 12, 2022 Edited by tmanarl bio
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
February 8, 2019 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import