30 Questions
Which university did Seamus Heaney attend?
Queen's University
Where was Seamus Heaney born?
Tamniaran
In which country did Seamus Heaney live part-time from 1981 to 2006?
United States
For which work did Seamus Heaney receive the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature?
Death of a Naturalist
Who described Seamus Heaney as 'the most important Irish poet since Yeats'?
Robert Lowell
In which city did Seamus Heaney live from 1976 until his death?
Sandymount
Which title was bestowed upon Seamus Heaney in 1998?
Saoi of the Aosdána
Which poet did Seamus Heaney dedicate his poem 'Fosterage' to?
McLaverty
In which year was Seamus Heaney appointed as a lecturer in Modern English Literature at Queen's University Belfast?
1966
Which collection of Seamus Heaney's poems won several awards, including the Gregory Award for Young Writers and the Geoffrey Faber Prize?
Death of a Naturalist
In which year did Seamus Heaney publish his third collection of poems, 'Wintering Out'?
1972
Which collection of Seamus Heaney's poems was published in 1979?
Field Work
In which year was Seamus Heaney elected as a Saoi, one of the five elders of Aosdána, the national Irish Arts Council?
1997
At which university did Seamus Heaney deliver his address as a 46-stanza poem entitled 'Verses for a Fordham Commencement'?
Fordham University
Which award did Seamus Heaney receive in 2001?
Golden Wreath of Poetry
Where is Seamus Heaney buried?
Cemetery of St Mary's Church, Bellaghy, Northern Ireland
How many siblings did Seamus Heaney have?
9
Which school did Seamus Heaney attend?
St Columb's College
Who introduced Seamus Heaney to the poetry of Patrick Kavanagh?
Michael McLaverty
When did Seamus Heaney graduate from Queen's University Belfast?
1961
Which poem is related to the death of Seamus Heaney's younger brother?
Mid-Term Break
Which country did Seamus Heaney consider himself to be from?
Ireland
In what year did Seamus Heaney join the Board of Directors of the Field Day Theatre Company?
1981
Where did Seamus Heaney become a tenured faculty member?
Harvard University
In what year did Seamus Heaney receive a Litt.D. from Bates College?
1986
What inspired the title of Amnesty International's highest honour?
A poem written by Seamus Heaney
In what year was Seamus Heaney elected Oxford Professor of Poetry?
1989
Which play, based on Sophocles's Philoctetes, did Seamus Heaney publish in 1990?
The Cure at Troy
Which university awarded Seamus Heaney the Dickinson College Arts Award?
Dickinson College
In what year did Seamus Heaney pass away?
2013
Study Notes
Early Life and Education
- Seamus Heaney was born in Derry, Northern Ireland.
- He attended St. Columb's College in Derry.
- Heaney had eight siblings.
- He was introduced to the poetry of Patrick Kavanagh by Michael McLaverty.
- Heaney graduated from Queen's University Belfast in 1961.
Career and Awards
- In 1963, Heaney's collection of poems, "Death of a Naturalist", won the Gregory Award for Young Writers and the Geoffrey Faber Prize.
- He published his third collection of poems, "Wintering Out", in 1972.
- Heaney's collection of poems, "Field Work", was published in 1979.
- He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature for "The Spirit Level".
- In 1998, Heaney was bestowed the title of Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University.
- Heaney dedicated his poem "Fosterage" to Michael McLaverty.
- He received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1998.
Later Life and Death
- Seamus Heaney lived in Dublin from 1976 until his death.
- Heaney lived part-time in the United States from 1981 to 2006.
- He was elected as a Saoi, one of the five elders of Aosdána, the national Irish Arts Council, in 1997.
- Heaney passed away in 2013.
- He is buried in Bellaghy, County Londonderry.
Other Notes
- Robert Lowell described Heaney as "the most important Irish poet since Yeats".
- Heaney joined the Board of Directors of the Field Day Theatre Company in 1980.
- He became a tenured faculty member at Harvard University.
- Heaney delivered his address as a 46-stanza poem entitled "Verses for a Fordham Commencement" at Fordham University.
- Heaney published the play "The Cure at Troy", based on Sophocles's Philoctetes, in 1990.
- In 2001, Heaney received the Amnesty International's highest honour, which was inspired by his poem "The Republic of Conscience".
- Dickinson College awarded Heaney the Dickinson College Arts Award.
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