Poet and playwright Seamus Heaney has died.
Heaney, who was born in Norther Ireland, was one of the region's most acclaimed writers and was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.
His first book, Death of a Naturalist, was published in 1966. He wrote 13 collections of poems and taught an many universities around the world, including Harvard and Oxford.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/08/30/seamus-heaney-irish-poet-nobel-prize/2736785/
Heaney, who was born in Norther Ireland, was one of the region's most acclaimed writers and was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.
His first book, Death of a Naturalist, was published in 1966. He wrote 13 collections of poems and taught an many universities around the world, including Harvard and Oxford.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/08/30/seamus-heaney-irish-poet-nobel-prize/2736785/