Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney (/ˈʃeɪməs ˈhiːni/; 13 April 1939 â€“ 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, translator, lecturer and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born at Mossbawn farmhouse between Castledawson and Toomebridge, County Derry, he resided in Dublin until his death.