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. Heaney was and is still recognised as one of the principal contributors to poetry in Ireland during his lifetime. 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". Robert Pinsky has stated that "with his wonderful gift of eye and ear Heaney has the gift of the story-teller." Upon his death in 2013, The Independent described him as "probably the best-known poet in the world". Heaney was born in the townland of Tamniaran between Castledawson and Toomebridge, Northern Ireland. His family moved to nearby Bellaghy when he was a boy. He became a lecturer at St. Joseph's College in Belfast in the early
Seamus Justin Heaney (13 de abril de 1939 – 30 de agosto de 2013) fue un poeta irlandés, dramaturgo y traductor. Recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura de 1995. Entre sus obras más conocidas está La muerte de un naturalista (1966), su primer gran volumen publicado. Heaney fue y sigue siendo reconocido como uno de los principales contribuyentes a la poesía en Irlanda durante su vida. El poeta estadounidense Robert Lowell lo describió como "el poeta irlandés más importante desde Yeats", y muchos otros, incluido el académico John Sutherland, han dicho que era "el mayor poeta de nuestra época". Robert Pinsky ha declarado que "con su maravilloso don de ojo y oído Heaney tiene el don del narrador de historias." Después de su muerte en 2013, The Independent lo describió como "probablemente el poeta más conocido del mundo". Heaney nació en la localidad de Tamni Castled entre Castawson y Toebromidge, Irlanda del Norte. Su familia se trasladó a Bellagby cuando se convirtió en un profesor en el St.