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Seamus Heaney

1939 - 2013

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Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his best-known works is Death of a Naturalist (1966), his first major published volume. American poet Robert Lowell described him as "the most important Irish poet since Yeats", and many others, including the academic John Sutherland, have said that he was "the greatest poet of our age". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seamus Heaney is the 1,542nd most popular writer (down from 1,437th in 2019), the 1,397th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,093rd in 2019) and the 147th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Seamus Heaney ranks 1,542 out of 7,302. Before him are Korney Chukovsky, Henri de Régnier, Edmond François Valentin About, Kate Atkinson, Aksel Sandemose, and Guido Adler. After him are Marianne Weber, Hipponax, Sabino Arana, Manuel Puig, Hunter S. Thompson, and Clarissa Pinkola Estés.

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Among people born in 1939, Seamus Heaney ranks 104. Before him are Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Paul Hogan, Alan Baker, Claudio Magris, and Kit Bond. After him are Kenzō Takada, John O'Keefe, Marco Bellocchio, Dusty Springfield, Warda Al-Jazairia, and Feroz Khan. Among people deceased in 2013, Seamus Heaney ranks 85. Before him are Damiano Damiani, László Csatáry, Sung Jae-gi, Ovadia Yosef, Robert N. Bellah, and Chris Kyle. After him are Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Glafcos Clerides, Wilfried Martens, Ottmar Walter, Abdul Rahim Hatif, and Juan José Linz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Seamus Heaney ranks 1,397 out of 8,785. Before him are John Lindley (1799), Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883), Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1000), William Aiton (1731), Kate Atkinson (1951), and Josiah Wedgwood (1730). After him are Bob Hope (1903), Rafael Merry del Val (1865), William Whewell (1794), Saint David (512), Samuel Pepys (1633), and MF Doom (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Seamus Heaney ranks 147. Before him are Joseph Addison (1672), Alistair MacLean (1922), Winifred Wagner (1897), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), and Kate Atkinson (1951). After him are Samuel Pepys (1633), Richard Lovelace (1617), John Brunner (1934), Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Neil Gaiman (1960), and Thomas Chatterton (1752).

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