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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instanceOf Irish poet
Northern Irish poet
person
poet
awardReceived Griffin Poetry Prize (International) NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
classical literature
languageOfWork English
memberOf Aosdána NERFINISHED
movement Northern Irish poetry renaissance NERFINISHED
name Michael Longley NERFINISHED
nationality British
Irish
notableIdea interweaving of classical myth with contemporary conflict
lyrical treatment of the Troubles
notableWork An Exploded View NERFINISHED
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
translator
placeOfBirth Belfast NERFINISHED
positionHeld Ireland Professor of Poetry NERFINISHED
Poet Laureate for Belfast NERFINISHED
residence Belfast NERFINISHED
County Mayo NERFINISHED
spouse Edna Longley NERFINISHED
studied classics
writesAbout memory
nature
the Troubles in Northern Ireland NERFINISHED

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T. S. Eliot Prize hasAwarded Michael Longley