Seamus J. Heaney

1939 - *

Irish poet and Nobel Prize winner

Irish poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. According to Heaney, poetry balances the "scales of reality towards some transcendent equilibrium." From the early collections, Heaney have combined in his work deep personal memories with images of Irish heritage and the landscape of Northern Ireland. There is also references to English-Irish and Catholic-Protestant conflict, but Heaney's view is much more visionary and allegorical than bound to contemporary issues.

"Only the very stupid or the very deprived can any longer help knowing that the documents of civ... [read entire biography]

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Seamus Heaney's Poetry and its Exploration of the Irish Troubles and the Human Experience -- An examination of the context of Heany's work.
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Mid-Term Break -- A critical essay on Heany's poem.
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