This selection of Seamus Heaney’s poems is drawn from nine collections, including The Spirit Level, and provides a perfect introduction to the full breadth of Heaney’s poetic concerns. It is a unique record of interpretation; Heaney reads with all the intimacy and authenticity that only the poet himself can bring to his work.
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"Addictive for Heaneyites , I really enjoyed the early years and the coda , well done Dennis"
— James (5 out of 5 stars)
" Interesting but I like the poetry itself better than the biography... Dennis O'Driscoll didn't edit it very well, I didn't think. "
— Natalie, 2/26/2002Seamus Heaney (1939–2013) was an Irish poet, playwright, translator, and lecturer. He won numerous awards, including the PEN Translation Prize and two Whitbread Prizes. In 1995 he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. He published many collections of poetry and prose, as well as numerous translations, the best known of which was his translation of Beowulf, which became a New York Times bestseller in 1999.