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Seamus Heaney I Collected Poems (published 1966-1975): Death of a Naturalist; Door into the Dark; Wintering Out; North
Written by Seamus Heaney
Narrated by Seamus Heaney
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About this audiobook
Volume One of the definitive collection of Seamus Heaney reading his own work, recorded in 2009 by RTE. Volume One contains four collections published between 1966 and 1975: Death of a Naturalist, Door into the Dark, Wintering Out and North.
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Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. His poems, plays, translations, and essays include Opened Ground, Electric Light, Beowulf, The Spirit Level, District and Circle, and Finders Keepers. Robert Lowell praised Heaney as the "most important Irish poet since Yeats."
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I just love his poetry and I love hearing his voice, excellently, reading his own poems. This will remain one of my favorite books for sure but in this case I prefer the paper version, voice goes in and out too fast and I’m used to savor his poems.