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30/08/2013
Poet Seamus Heaney Dies Aged 74
Acclaimed poet and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Seamus Heaney, has died at the age of 74.
It is understood that the former teacher-turned-poet, hailed by many and the best Irish poet since Yeats, had been suffering from ill health.
Born in Northern Ireland, Heaney moved to Dublin in the 1970s. His first collection, Eleven Poems, was published in 1965 to coincide with the Queen's University Festival.
A statement from Mr Heaney's family is expected later today.
(MH/JP)
It is understood that the former teacher-turned-poet, hailed by many and the best Irish poet since Yeats, had been suffering from ill health.
Born in Northern Ireland, Heaney moved to Dublin in the 1970s. His first collection, Eleven Poems, was published in 1965 to coincide with the Queen's University Festival.
A statement from Mr Heaney's family is expected later today.
(MH/JP)
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