Seamus Heaney

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Nobel laureate human playwright poet translator university professor

Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet, playwright, and Nobel laureate renowned for his lyrical explorations of rural life, history, and identity.

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Label	Occurrences
Seamus Heaney canonical	57
Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney	2
Heaney	1
Seamus Heaney (as poetic persona)	1
Seamus Heaney’s Nobel Prize in Literature	1
Seamus Justin Heaney	1

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instanceOf	Nobel laureate ⓘ human ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ translator ⓘ university professor ⓘ
awardReceived	Forward Poetry Prize ⓘ Golden Wreath of Poetry ⓘ Lannan Literary Award for Poetry ⓘ Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ PEN Translation Prize ⓘ T. S. Eliot Prize ⓘ Whitbread Book of the Year ⓘ
causeOfDeath	stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1939-04-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2013-08-30 ⓘ
educatedAt	Queen’s University Belfast ⓘ surface form: Queen's University Belfast
employer	Harvard University ⓘ Queen’s University Belfast ⓘ surface form: Queen's University Belfast University of Oxford ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Irish ⓘ
familyName	Seamus Heaney self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Heaney
fieldOfWork	drama ⓘ literary translation ⓘ poetry ⓘ
fullName	Seamus Heaney self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seamus Justin Heaney
genre	lyric poetry ⓘ pastoral poetry ⓘ
givenName	Seamus ⓘ
hasChild	Catherine Heaney ⓘ Christopher Heaney ⓘ Michael Heaney ⓘ
influenced	contemporary Irish poets ⓘ global contemporary poetry ⓘ
influencedBy	Patrick Kavanagh ⓘ W.B. Yeats ⓘ surface form: W. B. Yeats William Wordsworth ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ Royal Irish Academy ⓘ
movement	contemporary Irish poetry ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableIdea	engagement with Irish history and politics ⓘ lyrical exploration of rural life ⓘ
notableWork	Beowulf ⓘ surface form: Beowulf: A New Translation Death of a Naturalist ⓘ District and Circle ⓘ Door into the Dark ⓘ Electric Light ⓘ Field Work ⓘ Human Chain ⓘ North ⓘ Seeing Things ⓘ Station Island ⓘ The Haw Lantern ⓘ The Spirit Level ⓘ Wintering Out ⓘ
occupation	lecturer ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ translator ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Castledawson ⓘ County Londonderry ⓘ surface form: County Derry Northern Ireland ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Dublin ⓘ Ireland ⓘ
positionHeld	Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University ⓘ Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford ⓘ
primaryTheme	The Troubles ⓘ surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland history ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ rural life ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Dublin ⓘ Sandymount ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Marie Heaney ⓘ
writingLanguage	English ⓘ

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W. H. Auden → influenced → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Seamus Justin Heaney

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Lannan Literary Award for Poetry → notableRecipient → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

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Seeing Things → author → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

The Spirit Level → author → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

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Electric Light → author → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

District and Circle → author → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

Human Chain → author → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University → hasNotableHolder → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford → notableHolder → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

Whitbread Book of the Year → notableWinner → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

Forward Poetry Prize → notableWinner → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

Golden Wreath of Poetry → notableRecipient → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

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Door into the Dark → author → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

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Patrick Kavanagh → influenced → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney

Christopher Heaney → father → Seamus Heaney ⓘ

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Catherine Heaney → father → Seamus Heaney ⓘ