Memorial Page for Seamus Heaney
Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer
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Seamus Heaney (* April 13, 1939 in Castledawson; † August 30, 2013 in Dublin) was an irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer. He was 74 years old. He was married to Marie Devlin. His education included St Columb's College, Queen's University Belfast and Bates College. His faith was Catholicism. He received 10 awards, including Nobel Prize in Literature, Cholmondeley Award. His cause of death was stroke. He was buried at St. Mary's Church.
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12 EventsBorn in Castledawson, Northern Ireland
1939Eric Gregory Award
1966Cholmondeley Award
1967Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
1968E. M. Forster Award
1975Nobel Prize in Literature
1995Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
1996Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
1997St. Louis Literary Award
1998Irish PEN Award
2005T. S. Eliot Prize
2006Died in Dublin, County Dublin (stroke)
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Seamus Heaney. Forever remembered.