Heaney went for the latter. In a conversation I recorded at his Dublin home for a newspaper article in 2006, he put the two together. “The very fact that you were called ‘Seamus’ on the back ...

Heaney was not pleased. He had indeed been born and raised on a small farm in Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, but had relocated south to the Republic in the 1970s.

Seamus Heaney’s ‘Journey Into the Wideness of Language’ In addition to his own poetry, Mr. Heaney, who died on Friday, was acclaimed for his translations, including his version of “Beowulf.” ...

‘The Letters of Seamus Heaney’ Edited by Christopher Reid Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 848 pages An Irish poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize, Seamus Heaney is an elegant and playful correspondent, ...

I had pulled from the shelf the U.K. version of “The Letters of Seamus Heaney,” published by Faber & Faber there in the late spring (and now here by Farrar, Straus and Giroux), 800-plus pages ...

The families were so close that on the occasion of Caitlin and her sister’s baptisms into the Catholic Church in 1971, Heaney wrote the girls a poem. Caitlin writes, “When Seamus stood up and ...

So, I wrote a book, ‘Seamus Heaney’s Gifts,’ about his interest in the gift-exchange rituals and the ethics of gift giving.” The book will be published later this year.

Seamus Heaney’s adaptation of Sophocles’ “Antigone,” at the Irish Repertory Theater, was written in response to the American invasion of Iraq. By Ken Jaworowski ...

Seamus Heaney’s ‘Journey Into the Wideness of Language’ In addition to his own poetry, Mr. Heaney, who died on Friday, was acclaimed for his translations, including his version of “Beowulf.” ...

Seamus Heaney’s ‘Journey Into the Wideness of Language’ In addition to his own poetry, Mr. Heaney, who died on Friday, was acclaimed for his translations, including his version of “Beowulf.” ...

Celebrating Seamus Heaney’s Legacy, at His Birthplace A 21,000-square-foot arts center has opened in Bellaghy, Northern Ireland, where the Nobel Prize-winning poet was born. By Roslyn Sulcas Poetry ...