The Place of Writing

by Seamus Heaney

72 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1989

About the author

Works of Irish poet Seamus Justin Heaney reflect landscape, culture, and political crises of his homeland and include the collections Wintering Out (1972) and Field Work (1979) as well as a translation of Beowulf (1999). He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995.

This writer and lecturer won this prize "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past."

Heaney on Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Timothy Hoiland · Rating 4 out of 5]

"This poem does not purport to tell us how to act in the poll-booths in Northern Ireland. It is not a great rallying call such as sects and cults are founded upon, but it is nonetheless a clarification, a momentary stay against confusion."