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Seamus Heaney

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  • Seamus Heaney was born.

    Seamus Heaney was born.
    Seamus Heamus was born on April 19, 1939 in County Derry, Northern Ireland.

  • Won a scholarship to St. Culumbs College

    Won a scholarship to St. Culumbs College
    When Heaney was 12 he won a scholarship to St. Culumbs College. It was his first time away from Mossbawn, which was the name of the farm he lived on.

  • Death of Brother

    Death of Brother
    When Heaney was 14 his younger brother died and had and influence on some of his poems.

  • Went to the Queens University in Belfast

    Went to the Queens University in Belfast
    Heaney went to study English

  • Graduated College

    Graduated College

  • First Published Poetry

    First Published Poetry
    First started to publish poetry in 1962

  • Married Marie Devlin

    Married Marie Devlin

  • Published First Book

    Published First Book
    Published a book called 'Eleven Poems'

  • His Son Christopher is Born

    His Son Christopher is Born

  • Won a Nobel Prize in Literature

    Won a Nobel Prize in Literature
    Heaney on a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995

  • Won the T.S Eliot Prize

  • Had a Stroke

    Seamus had a stroke in 2006 and he than had to start to rest more, but he still is writing today.