Seamus Heaney
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 11 years ago |
Date of birth | April 13,1939 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Castledawson |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | August 30,2013 |
Died | Blackrock Health Blackrock Clinic - Private Hospital Dublin |
Dublin | |
Ireland | |
Full name | Seamus Justin Heaney |
2003 | |
Job | Poet |
Translator | |
Author | |
Actor | |
Professor | |
Playwright | |
Educator | |
Education | Bates College |
Queen's University Belfast | |
Clare Hall, Cambridge | |
St Columb's College | |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Literature |
T. S. Eliot Prize | |
Costa Book of the Year | |
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres | |
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize | |
E. M. Forster Award | |
Lannan Literary Award for Poetry | |
Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service | |
St. Louis Literary Award | |
Spouse | Marie Devlin |
Children | Catherine Ann |
Christopher Heaney | |
Michael Heaney | |
Siblings | Christopher |
Poems | Death of a Naturalist |
Mid‑Term Break | |
North | |
Parents | Patrick Heaney |
Margaret Kathleen McCann | |
Date of burial | September 2, 2013 |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 403654 |
Station Island
The Spirit Level
Field Work
Opened Ground: Selected Poems 1966-1996
District and Circle
The Redress of Poetry
Door into the Dark
New Selected Poems 1966–1987
Wintering Out
The Cure at Troy
Electric Light
Seeing Things
The Haw Lantern
Sweeney Astray
The government of the tongue
Finders keepers
Selected Poems 1965–1975
Bog poems
Crediting Poetry
The Testament of Cresseid
The place of writing
The midnight verdict
An open letter
The Makings of a Music
Stations
The fire i' the flint
Beacons at Bealtaine
de La Emocion a Las Palabras
Gravities
Sounding lines
Poèmes, 1966-1984
Dylan the Durable?
Seamus Heaney in conversation with Karl Miller
Die Hagebuttenlaterne =
Ojanpiennarten kuningas
Les errances de Sweeney
Die Herrschaft der Sprache. Essays und Vorlesungen
Lenten Parish Programme
Ploughshares Spring 1984
Advent Parish Programme
Norden. Gedichte. Englisch - deutsch
Ta poiemata tou valtou
Shkola penii͡a
Death of a Naturalist
Poems
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
Human Chain
Seamus Heaney Life story
Seamus Justin Heaney MRIA 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, his first major published volume.
Seamus Heaney: Digging through Nobel Prize winner's legacy
...By Ciaran McCauley BBC News NIOn this day 10 years ago, one of Ireland and the world s most famous poets, Seamus Heaney, died at the age of 74...
Joe Biden in Ireland: US president meets Michael D Higgins in Dublin
... Marie Heaney, the widow of the late poet Seamus Heaney, will be a special guest of the US President, Irish national broadcaster RTÉ reports...
What happened to Mary Boyle? No body recovered
... Getting people to talk about what happened to Mary wasn t always easy - the great Irish poet, Seamus Heaney, was born not too far from where Mary went missing...
Irish poet Seamus Heaney's widow reads love poem
...The widow of Irish poet Seamus Heaney read a poem he wrote for her and St Brigid, one of the patron saints of Ireland...
Joe Biden in Ireland: US president meets Michael D Higgins in Dublin
By Shane Harrison & Jessica LawrenceBBC News NI
The US President Joe Biden is meeting The Irish President Michael D Higgins in Dublin.
He will
He started his working day with a visit to Áras an Uachtaráin - The home of The Irish president in Phoenix Park .
He will inspect a military guard of honour, plant an oak tree to mark The occasion, to sign The Visitors ' book and ring The Bell of Peace.
A delegation attending The Event includes Tánaiste (Irish deputy Prime Minister ) Micheál Martin, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and former Irish football star Paul Mcgrath .
President Biden's visit to Ireland will then continue with set-piece engagements, including an address to The Irish Parliament .
His visit to The Republic of Ireland encompasses both The Personal and The political.
On Wednesday evening
President Biden visited both Dundalk and his ancestral roots in The Town of Carlingford in County Louth.
Mr Biden, where crowds lined The quayside as The presidential motorcade arrived.
Later in Dundalk, there were shouts of " Welcome Home , Joe" when Mr Biden arrived to address an audience at The Town 's Windsor Bar.
There He Said Irish People were The " Only People in The World in my view who are actually nostalgic about The future".
A major security operation is also under way in The Republic of Ireland 's capital, with A Number of City Centre roads closed.
Polythene wraps have also been placed around bins along The route The US president will take.
Phoenix Park has been shut until 17:00 local time on Thursday, with pavements near Dublin Castle shut for pedestrians until midnight on Friday.
In contrast to his rain-soaked arrival on Wednesday, Mr Biden looks set to see a much brighter day in Dublin with temperatures around 12C (54F).
Irish rootsAfter his meeting with The Irish president, President Biden is expected to travel The short distance to Farmleigh House where he will have a bilateral with The Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister ) Leo Varadkar .
Mr Biden will then be given a sample of Gaelic sports with a demonstration by young players before travelling Leinster House to address both houses of The Oireachtas (Parliament ) - The Dáil and The Seanad (Senate).
His speech is expected to emphasise both his pride in his Irish roots and American support for The .
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The Bbc is not responsible for The content of external sites.Former Irish president Mary Mcaleese , former taoiseach Bertie Ahern and some Stormont party leaders are among those expected to attend.
Marie Heaney , The Widow of The late poet Seamus Heaney , will be a special guest of The US President, Irish national broadcaster RTÉ reports.
" He was most anxious that she would be present as part of his delegation because we know he is absolutely besotted by The Work of Seamus Heaney and has quoted Him extensively, " Ceann Comhairle (speaker) Seán Ó Feargháil said.
After his speech, President Biden will be The evening guest of honour at a state function in Dublin Castle , The former seat of British power in Ireland .
'We call Him a local'Despite The Rain , people lined The Streets of Carlingford to welcome The US President back to Ireland - among them, Distant Relatives .
Eamonn Thornton celebrates Mr Biden's Irish ancestry with " From Whitestown, County Louth to The White House, Washington, " emblazoned on The back of his white van.
" His Irishness has stood to Him - he's a down-to-earth man, " he
Mr Thornton met his relative, who he calls a local, during one of his last visits.
" When he was here The Last time, he just came in and welcomed everyone, very emotional having visited The Grave of his great-great grandparents.
" For Him to be at The Graveyard touching The headstone of his relations, who would ever have thought that would happen to a local? "
Mr Thornton is convinced his relative is keen for
" His age is against Him , but he has The Irish spirit in Him and that's as good as seven points on The football field. "
On Wednesday he met political leaders in Northern Ireland .
He called for politicians to, which collapsed More Than a year ago.
He praised politicians for their unity after The attempted murder of one of Northern Ireland 's top detectives in February.
John Caldwell was in Omagh, County Tyrone .
On Friday, The US President is expected to travel to County Mayo where he will again explore his Irish ancestry.
Another great-great grandfather Edward Blewitt also left Ireland around The Time of The Famine .
While in The County The President , who is a Catholic, is also expected to visit shrine at Knock and to make an outdoor speech to people in Ballina before he ends his four day visit to The Island .
A US genealogist who researched Mr Biden's lineage had
His great-great grandfather Owen Finnegan left there for America in The late 1840s.
Declan Harvey and Tara Mills explore The text of The Good Friday Agreement - The Deal which heralded The End of The Troubles in Northern Ireland .
They look at what The Agreement actually said and hear from some of The People who helped get The Deal across The Line .
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