Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Variant namesSeamus 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 | Banville, John. | person |
| associatedWith | Barker, Sebastian. | person |
| associatedWith | Bates College (Lewiston, Me.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Berry, Wendell, 1934- | person |
| associatedWith | Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979. | person |
| associatedWith | Bishop, Kathleen, 1911-1979. | person |
| associatedWith | Brandes, Rand. | person |
| associatedWith | Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996. | person |
| associatedWith | Brownjohn, Alan, 1931- | person |
| associatedWith | Carson, Ciaran, 1948- | person |
| correspondedWith | Conner, Lester I. | person |
| associatedWith | Cooke, Kathleen. | person |
| associatedWith | Corbett, William, 1942- | person |
| associatedWith | Dawe, Gerald, 1952- | person |
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| associatedWith | Deane, Seamus, 1940- | person |
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| associatedWith | Dunn, Douglas. | person |
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| associatedWith | Ellmann, Richard, 1918-1987. | person |
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| associatedWith | Fitzgerald, Robert, 1910-1985. | person |
| associatedWith | Flanagan, Thomas, 1923- | person |
| associatedWith | Flanagan, T. P. | person |
| associatedWith | Foster, John Wilson. | person |
| associatedWith | Friel, Brian. | person |
| associatedWith | Galley Press. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Given by Heaney to Pearson on the occasion of their first meeting at an east-side bus station in Manhattan, October 1, 1977. | person |
| associatedWith | Haffenden, John, 1945- | person |
| associatedWith | Hammond, David, 1928-2008. | person |
| associatedWith | Hannon, Michael. | person |
| associatedWith | Hanvey, Bobbie, 1945- | person |
| correspondedWith | Harmon, William, 1938- | person |
| associatedWith | Harvard College (1636-1780) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hasell, Duncan Ingraham. | person |
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| associatedWith | Heaney, Seamus, 1939- | person |
| associatedWith | Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004. | person |
| associatedWith | Hollander, John. | person |
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| associatedWith | Howe, Fanny Quincy. | person |
| associatedWith | Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998. | person |
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| associatedWith | Kavanagh, P. J. (Patrick Joseph), 1931- | person |
| associatedWith | Kerry, Gordon, | person |
| associatedWith | Kiely, Benedict. | person |
| associatedWith | Kinnell, Galway, 1927- | person |
| associatedWith | Levin, Harry, 1912-1994 | person |
| associatedWith | Longley, Michael, 1939- | person |
| associatedWith | Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977 | person |
| associatedWith | Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977. | person |
| associatedWith | Lucy, Seán. | person |
| associatedWith | Mahon, Derek, 1941- | person |
| associatedWith | Mariani, Paul L. | person |
| associatedWith | McGuckian, Medbh, 1950- | person |
| associatedWith | McLaverty, Michael. | person |
| associatedWith | Miller, Karl, 1931- | person |
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| associatedWith | Muldoon, Paul. | person |
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| correspondedWith | New Yorker Magazine, Inc | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | O'Brien, Edna. | person |
| associatedWith | O'Grady, Desmond, 1929- | person |
| associatedWith | Ormsby, Frank, 1947- | person |
| associatedWith | Pannett; Juliet, 1911-2005 | person |
| correspondedWith | Parnassus: poetry in review | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Paulin, Tom. | person |
| correspondedWith | Pearson, Henry, 1914- | person |
| associatedWith | Pearson, Henry, 1914-2006. | person |
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| associatedWith | Poetry Book Society. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Quinn, Mary Bernetta. | person |
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| associatedWith | Schuchard, Ronald. | person |
| associatedWith | Scofield, Paul | person |
| associatedWith | Simmons, James, 1933-2001. | person |
| associatedWith | Simmons, James, 1933-2001. | person |
| associatedWith | Sweeney, Francis W., 1916- | person |
| associatedWith | University of Kentucky. | corporateBody |
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| associatedWith | Valentine, Jean. | person |
| associatedWith | Voznesenskii, A. (Andrei) | person |
| associatedWith | Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. | person |
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Birth 1939-04-13
Death 2013-08-30
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