Michael Longley
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Michael Longley is a distinguished Northern Irish poet renowned for his lyrical explorations of nature, memory, and the Troubles, and is regarded as one of the leading contemporary voices in Irish poetry.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish poet
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Northern Irish poet ⓘ person ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Griffin Poetry Prize (International)
NERFINISHED
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Hawthornden Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish Times Poetry Now Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ T. S. Eliot Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitbread Poetry Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilfred Owen Poetry Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Derek Mahon
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Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-07-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Trinity College Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Longley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field | poetry ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
World War I poetry
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classical literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Aosdána NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Northern Irish poetry renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Michael Longley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
British
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Irish ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
interweaving of classical myth with contemporary conflict
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lyrical treatment of the Troubles ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Exploded View
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Angel Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Gorse Fires NERFINISHED ⓘ No Continuing City NERFINISHED ⓘ Snow Water NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ghost Orchid NERFINISHED ⓘ The Stairwell NERFINISHED ⓘ The Weather in Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
poet
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translator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Ireland Professor of Poetry
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Poet Laureate for Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Belfast
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County Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Edna Longley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied | classics ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
memory
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nature ⓘ the Troubles in Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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