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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.
English: Title: Seamus Heaney, Irish poet, [New York]. 1995 Nobel Prize Winner Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: [November 1982] Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35mm (slide format) Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-gtfy-01593 (digital file from original) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
Death of a Naturalist (1966) is a collection of poems written by Seamus Heaney, who received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. The collection was Heaney's first major published volume, and includes ideas that he had presented at meetings of The Belfast Group .
The book is a collection of Seamus Heaney's poems published between 1966 and 1996. It includes poems from Death of a Naturalist (1966), Door into the Dark (1969), Wintering Out (1972), Stations (1975), North (1975), Field Work (1979), Station Island (1984), The Haw Lantern (1987), Seeing Things (1991), and The Spirit Level (1996).
The Seamus Heaney HomePlace is an arts and literary centre in Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It displays the life and work of Seamus Heaney. Designed by W&M Given Architects, construction began in 2015 by contractors Brendan Loughran & Sons Ltd. It opened in late September 2016. On the site originally stood a RUC barracks.
— Seamus Heaney, Irish poet (30 August 2013), final text to his wife "Get to a safe place. Something really bad might happen." [120] — Michael Landsberry, teacher, Marine, victim of the Sparks Middle School shooting (21 October 2013), while attempting to disarm the shooter. "Take me into the light" [121]
The 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Irish poet Seamus Heaney (1939–2013) "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past." [1] He is the fourth Irish Nobel laureate after the playwright Samuel Beckett in 1969. [2] [3]
It is the final resting place of Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Seamus Heaney. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is also the place where IRA hunger-strikers Francis Hughes and Thomas McElwee are buried. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]