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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.

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"Life is a paradox. Every truth has its counterpart which contradicts it; and every philosopher su..."
"In my country, we go to prison first and then become president."
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