The Irish poet’s work was rooted in a close feeling for the local—but reached out to embrace a world of readers.

Even the previously uncollected work in “The Poems of Seamus Heaney” shows a master craftsman in full control of his powers.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. As seen in a new collection, “The Translations of Seamus Heaney,” the Nobel laureate was a prolific and skilled interpreter of other ...

The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University Belfast will be moving to a new landmark building and will include an exhibition area to display the Seamus Heaney archive held by Queen's. Established ...

The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University Belfast is moving to a new landmark building as part of a brilliant new era. Here, we take a look at its history and relationship with Heaney, a graduate ...

As the title suggests, this new collection from the 1995 winner of the Nobel Prize is a study in balance. Heaney reveals how simple things, such as a thimble or a swing, can hold the weight of history ...

On this episode of “Literary Arts: The Archive Project,” we feature a talk and reading by Irish poet and Nobel Laureate, the late Seamus Heaney from Portland Arts & Lectures in 2002. Heaney opens with ...

To all lovers of the perfectly weighed word, Seamus Heaney offered hope on this side of the grave. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Heaney, 74, died Friday in a Dublin hospital some 18 ...

Heaney has long been internationally recognised as the greatest Irish poet since WB Yeats A new book of Seamus Heaney's work "represents the full arc of his writing life in one place," a Heaney expert ...