"All I know is a door into the dark" ― Seamus Heaney From Seamus Heaney Poet Added on 1/31/2026 About Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet, playwright, and translator and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. His work includes Death of a Naturalist and North. Born: 1939-04-13 Died: 2013-08-30 View all quotes from Seamus Heaney