Seamus Heaney: References & Edit History
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Studies of Heaney’s life and work are Michael Parker, Seamus Heaney (1993), on his earlier career; and Thomas C. Foster, Seamus Heaney (1989). Analyses of his writings include Henry Hart, Seamus Heaney: Poet of Contrary Progressions (1992); Elmer Andrews (ed.), Seamus Heaney (1992); Tony Curtis (ed.), The Art of Seamus Heaney, 3rd rev. ed. (1994); Michael R. Molino, Questioning Tradition, Language, and Myth: The Poetry of Seamus Heaney (1994); and Helen Vendler, Seamus Heaney (1998).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: National Library of Ireland - Seamus Heaney: The Man, the Myth, the Making of a Poet. | Oct 02, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 26, 2026 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Jul 07, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Poetry International - Seamus Heaney. | Apr 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - The Interview Archive - Seamus Heaney, Poet. | Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Seamus Heaney On His Life And Work. | Nov 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official site of Seamus Heaney HomePlace. | Oct 03, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Poets and Poems - Seamus Heaney. | Feb 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - Seamus Heaney: Digging through Nobel Prize winner's legacy. | Dec 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Council - Biography of Seamus Heaney. | Nov 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of The Estate of Seamus Heaney. | Apr 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Dictionary of Irish Biography - Seamus Justin Heaney. | Feb 28, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 03, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Scottish Poetry Library - Biography of Seamus Heaney. | Oct 16, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Poetry Archive - Biography of Seamus Heaney. | Mar 18, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Poets.org - Biography of Seamus Heaney. | Mar 02, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Seamus Heaney. | Mar 02, 2014 | ||
| He died on August 30, 2013. | Aug 30, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Seamus Heaney. | Feb 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Academy of American Poets - Biography of Seamus Heaney. | Feb 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Seamus Heaney. | Feb 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Council - Literature - Biography of Seamus Heaney. | Feb 08, 2013 | ||
| Added mention of Heaney's 2010 book Human Chain. | Oct 08, 2010 | ||
| Photo of Heaney (1995) added. | Nov 13, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 16, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 21, 2006 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Nov 21, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Feb 23, 1999 |
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