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Birth
He was born, the eldest of three children, on a farm in County Armagh outside The Moy, near the boundary with County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. His father worked as a farmer and his mother was a school-mistress. -
Belfast Group of poets.
In 1969, he read English at Queen's University Belfast, and became close to the Belfast Group of poets. -
First wedding
He met his first wife, fellow student, and they were married after their graduation in 1973. -
Divorce
In 1977, He divoced with His wife. -
Guggenheim Fellowship
In 1990, He won Guggenheim Fellowship -
T. S. Eliot Prize
In 1994, He won T. S. Eliot Prize -
the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
In 2003, He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. -
Griffin International Prize for Excellence in Poetry.
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