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May 16, 2024 · Seamus Heaney, 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. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. Learn more about Heaney’s life and career, including his various books.
Biographical. Seamus Heaney was born in April 1939, the eldest member of a family which would eventually contain nine children. His father owned and worked a small farm of some fifty acres in County Derry in Northern Ireland, but the father’s real commitment was to cattle-dealing.
Early 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.
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. In 1995, Heaney received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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.
Aug 30, 2013 · Seamus Heaney, acclaimed by many as the best Irish poet since WB Yeats, has died aged 74. Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995 "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical...
Dec 7, 1995 · Nobel Lecture. 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. Crediting Poetry.
