Geburtsdatum | Donnerstag, 13. April 1939 |
Geburtsort | Tamniaran, near Castledawson, Northern Ireland |
Todesort | Blackrock,_Dublin |
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Beschreibung | Seamus Justin Heaney MRIA (/ˈʃeɪməs ˈhiːni/; 13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator who received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his best-known works is Death of a Naturalist (1966), his first major published volume. Heaney was and is still recognised as one of the principal contributors to poetry in Ireland during his lifetime. American poet Robert Lowell described him as "the most important Irish poet since Yeats", and many others, including the academic John Sutherland, have said that he was "the greatest poet of our age". Robert Pinsky has stated that "with his wonderful gift of eye and ear Heaney has the gift of the story-teller." Upon his death in 2013, The Independent described him as "probably the best-known poet in the world". |
At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure.
Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit.
Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.
