Arts Aug 30

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Nobel Laureate, World Famous Poet Seamus Heaney Dies at 74

Seamus Heaney, one of the major poets of the twentieth century, died in Dublin on Friday at the age of 74. Known in his native Ireland as “Famous Seamus,” Heaney was that rare writer who garnered critical acclaim while harvesting…

Seamus Heaney is widely recognized as one of the major poets of the 20th century. Heaney's collection "Human Chain" contains poems that are, as always for him, grounded in the physical world but also take a look back.