Selected Poems, 1966-1987

seamus heaney

This critically-acclaimed body of work brings together roughly 100 poems culled by Seamus Heaney from nine of his collections. "It is a retrospective event, by definition selective, but also full-bodied and useful."--Edward Hirsch, Boston Globe.

Genres poetryirelandclassicsirish literaturefiction20th centuryliteratureanthologiesschoolnobel prize

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1990

This edition

Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1991 by Noonday Pr
ISBN: 9780374522803
ASIN: 0374522804
Language: English

About the author

seamus heaney

Works of Irish poet Seamus Justin Heaney reflect landscape, culture, and political crises of his homeland and include the collections Wintering Out (1972) and Field Work (1979) as well as a translation of Beowulf (1999). He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995.

This writer and lecturer won this prize "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past."

Heaney on Wikipedia.