Sad news, as Nobel Prize winning poet Seamus Heaney has passed away at the age of 74. Heaney, once described by poet Robert Lowell as "the most important Irish poet since Yeats", died this morning after a brief illness. You can read his obituary here. The world lost a great one today, a "once-in-a-lifetime portent, the comet's pulsing rose" (to quote from his poem, "Exposure"). I'm leaving off here with a video of one of my favorite poems of his, "Death of a Naturalist". RIP, Seamus Heaney. You will be missed.
Showing posts with label Nobel Prize. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Tranströmer Wins Nobel Prize
Poetry fans, rejoice: Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer has just won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature. The 80 year-old has published more than 15 poetry collections, and been translated into 60 languages. You can follow the link below to the NY Times article. A big congratulations to Mr. Tranströmer!
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