The Haw Lantern

seamus heaney

Poems exploring the theme of loss, meditations on the conscience of the writer, and exercises in an allegorical vein are featured in this collection of thirty-one poems

Genres poetryirelandirish literature20th centuryfictionclassicsnobel prizeliterature

51 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1978

Literary awards

whitbread award, premi crítica serra dor de traducció,

This edition

Format: 51 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1989 by Noonday Pr
ISBN: 9780374521097
ASIN: 0374521093
Language: English

About the author

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.