Seamus Heaney interview, recorded in 1996 Seamus Justin Heaney MRIA (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his best-known works is Death of a Naturalist (1966), his first major published volume. Heaney was born in the townland of Tamniaran between Castledawson and Toomebridge, Northern Ireland. His family moved to nearby Bellaghy when he was a boy. He became a lecturer at St. Joseph's College in Belfast

1.9K views · 39 reactions | Tomorrow on Your Place and Mine, we mark 25 years this month since Seamus Heaney won the Nobel Prize for literature. His wife Marie remembers the occasion fondly, and the Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy will be staging a series of virtual events next week. We'll hear more on the show as Arts Programmer at the HomePlace Cathy Brown joins Anne-Marie McAleese at 8:05 tomorrow morning.  https://bbc.in/2IbXUNC | BBC Radio Ulster | Facebook