Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013

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Seamus Heaney, poet, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in April 1939, the eldest of nine children. His father owned and worked a small farm in County Derry in Northern Ireland. At the age of twelve he won a scholarship to St. Columb's College, a Catholic boarding school situated in the city of Derry, From 1957 he lived in Belfast, moving in 1972 to the Irish Republic, where he now lives. His poems first came to public attention in the mid-1960s when he was active as one of a group of poets who were subsequently recognized as constituting something of a 'Northern School' within Irish writing. His first book, Death of a Naturalist, was published in 1966. He and his wife, Marie Devlin, have three children.In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, 'for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past'.

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creatorOf ALS, 1982 November 29. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf ALS, 1979 July 12. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf William Corbett collection, 1968-2003 Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Ryan, Michael, 1946-. Papers of Michael Ryan [manuscript], 1957-1990. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Townsend, Charles D. (Charles Delmar), 1911-. [Gotham Book Mart miscellany]. San Diego State University Library, SDSU Library and Information Access
creatorOf Eccles Bequest. Vol. CCLXV. Papers relating to the centenary of the birth of Oscar Wilde and to the unveiling of a memorial to Wilde in Westminster Abbey in 1995; [1950-1995, n.d]. Mostly printed.Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, author: Programm..., 1950-1995 British Library
creatorOf ALS, 1978 August 11. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Edna O'Brien papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Boston College Humanities Series director's records Boston College. John J. Burns Library
creatorOf Seán Lucy papers Boston College. John J. Burns Library
creatorOf Poetry Book Society. Poetry Book Society records, 1962-1970 (majority 1966-1970) University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
creatorOf Vol. IX (ff. ). Hales -Hendriks.includes:ff. 1-22 Madge Hales, poet: Letters and poems sent to Peter Scupham and John Mole from Madge Hales: 1975-1982: Partly typewritten, partly printed.ff. 23-49 John Hales-Tooke, solicitor: Letters and poems s... British Library
creatorOf Gerald Dawe papers Boston College. John J. Burns Library
referencedIn Charles Monteith papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn [Trial binding and engraved plate for Limited Edition Club's publication of Seamus Heaney's Poems and a memoir, 1982.]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Voznesensky, Andrei, 1933-2010. Andrei Voznesenskii papers, 1955-2004 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Ronald Schuchard papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf ALS, 1995 January 8 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Preoccupations : publisher's materials for the Farrar, Straus, Giroux ed., 1980. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Printing ephemera, 1983-1998 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Letters to David Hammond Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Medbh McGuckian papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Personal and writers' correspondence Heaney British Library
creatorOf [Elegy, Robert Lowell] 1977 October 1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf John F. Deane papers Boston College. John J. Burns Library
referencedIn Portrait of Charles Causley and photograph of Charles Causley, Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney, c 1982 University of Exeter
creatorOf Robert Lowell Papers TXRC94-A10., ca. 1845-1988, (bulk 1970-1977) Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Elizabeth Bishop Papers Vassar College
referencedIn Parnassus: poetry in review records, 1971-1996 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Papers, 1952-2004 (inclusive), 1970-2004 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf The Rattle Bag British Library
referencedIn Letter, 1995 October 16. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Gordon Kerry archive National Library of Australia.
referencedIn Karl Miller papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Commencement address, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 12, 1996. 1996. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn John Wilson Foster papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Paul Muldoon papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Collection on Seamus Heaney's UK Visit, 2006 University of Kentucky Libraries
referencedIn Dolmen Press Collection, Publications Series, 1945-1987. Wake Forest University - ZSR Library, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
creatorOf ALS, 1996 May 26. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Michael Longley papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Poetry Book Society. Poetry Book Society records, 1962-1970 (majority 1966-1970) University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
referencedIn Edward James Hughes Papers, 18 Dec 1890-20 Mar [2005] British Library: Western Manuscripts
creatorOf ALS, 1995 July 25. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Papers, 1971- Swarthmore College, McCabe Library
referencedIn Nationalism, gender and hybridity in Spenser, Yeats and Heaney University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library
creatorOf Bobbie Hanvey photographic archives Boston College. John J. Burns Library
creatorOf American poetry broadsides collection from the Grolier Poetry Book Shop HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
referencedIn Robert Lowell Papers TXRC94-A10., ca. 1845-1988, (bulk 1970-1977) Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf September song [1969?]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Seamus Heaney Speech, 13 July 2001, 2001 University of Exeter
referencedIn Fanny Howe Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library) poetry readings, 1931- (ongoing). Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Mary Bernetta Quinn Papers, ., 1937-1998 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Paul Scofield Collection, 1807 - 2010 V & A Department of Theatre and Performance
creatorOf Seamus Heaney. ‘Beowulf’, typewritten drafts with MS annotations; 1995. Heaney’s version of Beowulf was first published in 1999. Purchased from the author in Jan. 2000.Paper; ff. 9., 1995 British Library
referencedIn Thomas A. Flanagan (AC 1945) Papers, 1866-2002, 1946-2001 Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
referencedIn Fanny Howe Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn The School Bag press cuttings British Library
creatorOf American Poetry Review records University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn ALS, 1995 July 25. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Seamus Heaney Speech, 13 July 2001, 2001 University of Exeter
creatorOf Villanelle for an anniversary : manuscript, 1986 Houghton Library
referencedIn Frank Ormsby papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Writers in education questionnaire annotated responses, and photographs, 1979-1996 Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Desmond O'Grady papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Seamus Deane papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Boston College collection of Seamus Heaney Boston College. John J. Burns Library
referencedIn [Gotham Book Mart miscellany]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Hillside Press : ephemera, broadsheets, and engraving, 1990-2005 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf [[Postcard to Michael Hannon, University Librarian]. University of Sheffield
creatorOf Poems, 1965-1975 : publisher's materials for the Farrar, Straus, and Giroux ed., 1980. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Derek Mahon papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Seamus Heaney collection Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Seamus Heaney: poem 'Forecast' by Heaney (b.1939); n.d. Typewritten with autograph annotations, extensively re-worked and edited. Presented by the author; 3 April 1998.Paper; f. 1. British Library
referencedIn Tom Paulin papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Writings and enclosed material by others, Gunn-Heaney, approximately 1992 British Library
referencedIn Robert Fitzgerald papers, 1892-1986 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Henry Pearson Papers (#3911), 1931-1999 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
creatorOf Seamus Heaney collection Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Field work : proofs and trial bindings for the Farrar, Straus, Giroux, ed., 1979. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Ciaran Carson papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf ALS, 1995 October 16. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf The School Bag British Library
creatorOf Seamus Heaney's remarks (edited transcript as delivered) : commencement ceremony, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 12, 1996. [1996] University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf ALS, 1995 [i.e. 1996] January 3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf ALS, 1978 March 16. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Paul L. Mariani papers Boston College. John J. Burns Library
creatorOf Heaney, Seamus, 1939-. A boy driving his father to confession [electronic resource] / by Seamus Heaney. OCLC Econtent Synchronization Program
referencedIn William Harmon Papers (#4568), 1939-2000 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
creatorOf Glyn Hughes Collection: letters and literary manuscripts sent to Glyn Hughes (b. 1935), by Ted Hughes (b. 1930, d. 1998), Seamus Heaney (b. 1939) and others; 1956-2001. Partly typewritten, partly autograph. The arrangement within each section is chro..., 1956-2001 British Library
referencedIn James Simmons papers Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn John Hollander Papers, circa 1950-2007 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Seamus Heaney correspondence and manuscripts Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Elliott, William I. Papers, 1940-2008 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
creatorOf Seamus Heaney, typescript of an interview by John Haffenden, and an annotated copy of 'Station Island'. Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
creatorOf A Flourish for the Prince of Denmark 1977 August 26. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Seamus Heaney poems. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Heaney, Seamus. T.P. Flanagan, mid-career exhibition [1977]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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associatedWith Bishop, Kathleen, 1911-1979. person
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Birth 1939-04-13

Death 2013-08-30

Northern Irish

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