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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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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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Seamus Heaney → fullName → Seamus Heaney self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seamus Justin Heaney
T. S. Eliot → influenced → Seamus Heaney ⓘ
W. H. Auden → influenced → Seamus Heaney ⓘ
W.B. Yeats → influenced → Seamus Heaney ⓘ
Golden PEN Award → notableRecipient → Seamus Heaney ⓘ
Faber and Faber → publishedAuthor → Seamus Heaney ⓘ