Seamus Heaney is among the most famous and esteemed living poets. His 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature confirmed the image most already had of him, as a towering figure, a grandmaster, an eminence. And ...

The revered author passed away in a Dublin hospital. By The Associated Press Seamus Heaney - P 2013 DUBLIN – To all lovers of the perfectly weighed word, Seamus Heaney offered hope on this side of the ...

Poet Seamus Heaney, 74, Dug the 'Wideness of Language' With His Pen… Arts Aug 30 Nobel Laureate, World Famous Poet Seamus Heaney Dies at 74 Seamus Heaney, one of the major poets of the twentieth ...

Seamus Heaney's words, quoted yet again by Joe Biden at the Democratic Convention, still resonate today. Trinity's live-streamed event will examine his presence in the cultural landscape and the ...

For many, the holidays are a time to rekindle connections with family and friends. Sometimes that means thinking about the influences of those we’ve lost. For Atlantic writer Caitlin Flanagan — who ...

What is the opposite of poetry? What slows the spark and puts sludge in the veins? What deadens the language? What rears up before you with livid and stupefying power—in the middle of the night, in ...