Seamus Justin Heaney, the Irish poet, was born on April 13, 1939(Seamus). He was raised on a farm and was educated in parochial schools and later attended Queen’s College in Belfast. Being from Ireland has been an enormous part of Heaney’s writings. Much of his poetry is well grounded in the very basic aspects of Irish farm life such as plowing and growing potatoes. Heaney won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995(Basney). Heaney …showed first 75 words of 1580 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1580 total…result of the real feeling and thoughtful descriptions in Heaney’s work reveal him to be very concerned with the well being of the world and an awareness of the corruption around him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited Seamus Justin Heaney. The Complete Marquis Who’s Who. 18 Apr. 2001 Basney, Lionel. Down To The Center: Seamus Heaney And His Place. 10 Apr. 1996 The Christian Century. 18 Apr. 2001 Curtis, Tony. The Art Of Seamus Heaney. United Kingdom: Poetry Wales Press, 1985