Seamus Heaney: delving into the legacy of the Nobel Prize
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10 years ago today, one of Ireland's and the world's most famous poets, Seamus Heaney, died in the age of 74. But how will he see in 2023? We asked six people - from teenage writers to teachers to poets from Northern Ireland and beyond - to reflect on the Nobel laureate's legacy.
Kaila Patterson and Leonie Hanan were respectively five and six years old when Seamus Heaney died. Old enough to know he was someone, not old enough to know who.
Now aged 15 and 16, they could easily be forgiven for still don't know much about him.
But these are writers who want to create art, and in this part of the world Seamus Heaney is still the benchmark for what can come from that dream.< /p>
That doesn't mean they can't be uncritical. While Kaila says Heaney's success in 'addressing Irish themes in a universal way' gives her the confidence to follow his example, Leonie admits she thought he was overrated and over-analyzed when she told him. 'first met at school.
"I was wrong", she now adds with a laugh.
10 years ago today, one of Ireland's and the world's most famous poets, Seamus Heaney, died in the age of 74. But how will he see in 2023? We asked six people - from teenage writers to teachers to poets from Northern Ireland and beyond - to reflect on the Nobel laureate's legacy.
Kaila Patterson and Leonie Hanan were respectively five and six years old when Seamus Heaney died. Old enough to know he was someone, not old enough to know who.
Now aged 15 and 16, they could easily be forgiven for still don't know much about him.
But these are writers who want to create art, and in this part of the world Seamus Heaney is still the benchmark for what can come from that dream.< /p>
That doesn't mean they can't be uncritical. While Kaila says Heaney's success in 'addressing Irish themes in a universal way' gives her the confidence to follow his example, Leonie admits she thought he was overrated and over-analyzed when she told him. 'first met at school.
"I was wrong", she now adds with a laugh.
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