Seamus Heaney

Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer.

Born April 13th, 1939 in Castledawson. [ref]

Died August 30th, 2013 at 74 years old in Dublin (stroke). [ref]

Occupations
actor, author, linguist, playwright, poet, translator, university teacher, writer
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz