SEAMUS HEANEY

Seamus Justin Heaney was an Irish poet, playwright, translator and lecturer and recipient of the Noble Prize in Literature(in 1995). Heaney was born in Castledawson, Northen Ireland on the 13th of April 1939. He attended the university in Belfast and then became a lecturer.

HEANEY'S FAMOUS WORKS CONSIST OF:

• Death of a Naturalist (1966)
• Field Work (1979)
• The Spirit Level (1996)
• Beowulf (1999)
• District and Circle (2006)
• Human Chain (2010)

HEANEY'S FAMOUS WORKS CONSIST OF:

• Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (1968)
• E.M. Forster Award (1975)
• Nobel Prize in Literature (1995)
• Commadeur L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1996)
• Saoi Aosdána (1997)
• Golden Wreath of poetry (2001)
• T.S. Elliot Prize (2006)
• The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry Lifetime Recognition Award, (2012)

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