Quote from: Family Topic

My father was a creature of the archaic world, really. He would have been entirely at home in a Gaelic hill-fort. His side of the family, and the houses I associate with his side of the family, belonged to a traditional rural Ireland.


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Author Bio


  • NameSeamus Heaney
  • DescriptionIrish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer
  • BornApril 13, 1939
  • DiedAugust 30, 2013
  • CountryIreland
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Translator; Linguist; Poet; Writer
  • WorksDeath Of A Naturalist; District And Circle; Human Chain
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Cholmondeley Award; Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize; Eric Gregory Award