The Irish poet’s work was rooted in a close feeling for the local—but reached out to embrace a world of readers.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Letters of Seamus Heaney, edited by Christopher Reid. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 848 pages. $45. This buoyant anvil of a book has brought me to the edge of a nervous breakdown. Night after night I ...