Seamus Heaney, typescript of an interview by John Haffenden, and an annotated copy of 'Station Island'.

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Seamus Heaney, typescript of an interview by John Haffenden, and an annotated copy of 'Station Island'.

1979-1990

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Comprises: (1) An incomplete typescript of Heaney's interview with John Haffenden in January 1979 concerning Heaney's life and poetry with the latter's autograph manuscript revisions; (2) A copy of 'Station Island' (1984) with the author's autograph manuscript revisions to the text, signed and dated 'September 13 1990'.

20 ff. and 1 v.; manuscript, typescript, and printed material.

eng, Latn

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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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 gro...

Haffenden, John

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Sir William Empson (1906-1984) was an English literary critic and poet. John Haffenden wrote a biography of Empson and edited Empson's poetry, prose, and correspondence. From the guide to the John Haffenden papers on William Empson, ca. 1984-2007., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Epithet: Professor of English Sheffield University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758...