Harvard's Nobel Laureates in Literature

Seamus Heaney grew up on a farmstead in County Derry, Ireland. He studied and later lectured at Queens University in Belfast, where he made his debut as a poet. His works focused on subjects ranging from farmwork to politics to the beauty of the Irish language. Heaney published 12 complete collections of poetry, authored volumes of poetry and criticism, and wrote or edited several anthologies, limited editions, and booklets.