iamBullivant<p>On the 19 May 1966 Seamus Heaney’s first collection of poetry "Death of a Naturalist" was published by Faber and Faber. The first poem in the book was "Digging". It also contained "Blackberry-Picking" and "Mid-Term Break".</p><p>Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995 for "works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishPoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishPoetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SeamusHeaney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SeamusHeaney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DeathOfANaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeathOfANaturalist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
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iamBullivant<p>On the 19th May 1966 Seamus Heaney’s first collection of poetry "Death of a Naturalist" was published by Faber and Faber. The first poem in the book was "Digging". It also contained "Blackberry-Picking" and "Mid-Term Break".</p><p>Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995 for "works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishPoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishPoetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SeamusHeaney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SeamusHeaney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DeathOfANaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeathOfANaturalist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>On the 19th May 1966 Seamus Heaney’s first collection of poetry "Death of a Naturalist" was published by Faber and Faber. The first poem in the book was "Digging". It also contained "Blackberry-Picking" and "Mid-Term Break".</p><p>Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995 for "works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishPoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishPoetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SeamusHeaney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SeamusHeaney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DeathOfANaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeathOfANaturalist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
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