Description
The Spirit Level by Seamus Heaney address the Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet's concerns - which inevitably include the political situation in his native Northern Ireland - in a poetry that never ceases to be fluid, alert and completely truthful.
About the Author
Seamus Heaney was born in County Derry in Northern Ireland. Death of a Naturalist, his first collection of poems, appeared in 1966, and was followed by poetry, criticism and translations which established him as the leading poet of his generation. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and twice won the Whitbread Book of the Year, for The Spirit Level (1996) and Beowulf (1999). Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, appeared in 2008; Human Chain, his last volume of poems, was awarded the 2010 Forward Prize for Best Collection. He died in 2013. His translation of Virgil's Aeneid Book VI was published posthumously in 2016 to critical acclaim, followed in 2018 by 100 Poems, a selection of poems from his entire career, chosen by his family.
Awards
Winner of Whitbread Prize (Poetry) 1996. Short-listed for Forward Poetry Prize 1996.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571178223
Author Seamus Heaney
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 105g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 8mm