Seamus Heaney is widely recognized as one of the major poets of the 20th century. A native of Northern Ireland, Heaney was raised in County Derry, and later lived for many years in Dublin. He was the author of over 20 volumes of poetry and criticism, and edited several widely used anthologies.
He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995 “for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.”
Throughout his career Heaney has developed friendships and collaborated on imagery with a variety of artists, including Felim Egan.
Felim Egan was one of Ireland’s leading contemporary artists, best known for his restrained abstract paintings.
