Electric Light by Seamus Heaney

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Electric Light by Seamus Heaney

Electric Light travels widely in time and space, visiting the sites of the classical world, revisiting the poet's childhood: rural electrification and the light of ancient evenings are reconciled within the orbit of a single lifetime.
Seamus Heaney was born in County Derry in Northern Ireland. Death of a Naturalist, his first collection of poems, appeared in 1966, and was followed by poetry, criticism and translations which established him as the leading poet of his generation. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and twice won the Whitbread Book of the Year, for The Spirit Level (1996) and Beowulf (1999). Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, appeared in 2008; Human Chain, his last volume of poems, was awarded the 2010 Forward Prize for Best Collection. He died in 2013. His translation of Virgil's Aeneid Book VI was published posthumously in 2016 to critical acclaim, followed in 2018 by 100 Poems, a selection of poems from his entire career, chosen by his family.
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ISBN 13 9780571207985
ISBN 10 0571207987
Title Electric Light
Author Seamus Heaney
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2001-03-19
Number of pages 96
Prizes Short-listed for T S Eliot Prize 2001
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.