SeamusHeaney:TheMusicOfWhatHappens

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  • Amajorfeature-lengthfilmaboutthelifeandworkofSeamu… Amajorfeature-lengthfilmaboutthelifeandworkofSeamusHeaney,oneofthegreatestIrishpoetssinceYeats,hasbeenannouncedbyPatrickHolland,ControllerBBCTwo. Heaneydied,aged74,in2013.SixyearsafterhisdeathHeaney'swifeMarie,andhisthreechildrenMichael,ChristopherandCatherine,talkabouttheirfamilylifeandreadsomeofthepoemshewroteforthem,andforthefirsttimehisfoursurvivingbrothers,Hugh,Charlie,ColumandDanremembertheirchildhoodandthesharedexperiencesthatinspiredmanyofhisfinestpoems. SeamusHeaneystandsheadandshouldersabovehiscontemporaries;DeathOfANaturalist,hisfirstcollectionofpoemspublishedbyFaber&Faber(thefirstof12)in1966announcedthearrivalofamajornewtalent,andhisreputationgrewandgrewuntilhewasawardedtheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1995. BornintoaCatholicfarmingfamilyinruralNorthernIreland,SeamusHeaney’scareercoincidedwithoneofthebloodiestpoliticalupheavalsofthe20thcentury,theTroubles,whichthreatenedtoengulfhiswork,butwhichheastutelychosetoobservefromadistance.IdentifyingasIrishratherthanBritish,HeaneymovedtoCoWicklowintheRepublicin1972andbecameanIrishcitizen. HowthefirstofninechildrenofacattledealerfromNorthernIrelandbecameoneofthefinestpoetsofhisgenerationisanastonishingstoryoftalentandperseverance.ComingfromaCatholiccommunitywhichcampaignedforcivilrights,Heaneyalwaysidentifiedwiththoseinsimilarsituations,bothinthecontemporaryworld-especiallythethenlargelycommunistEasternEurope-andinthepast.HispoemsaboutthestrangelypreservedIronAgebodiesfoundinbogsinDenmarkandIrelandsayasmuchaboutthecontemporarysituationinNorthernIrelandasabouttheworldinwhichtheywereexecutedorsacrificed. Heaney,however,neverallowedhimselftobecomeaspokesmanfortheRepublicancause,despitepressuretodosoasthesituationinNorthernIrelandbecameincreasinglyviolentandoppressive.Yethissingularbrandofhumilityandhumanityshoneapowerfullightontheatrocitiesthatweretakingplaceonbothsides,andheadvocatedamorallinethatneededtoberespectedatallcosts. AdmiredandreveredfarbeyondUKandIreland,HeaneyspoketoawholegenerationofyoungerpoetsinAmerica,manyofwhomhetaughtasavisitingprofessoratHarvardinthe1980sand90s.Hestrodetheinternationalstage,withcommentariesonDanteandVirgil,aswellasacompletenewtranslationofhisbelovedBeowulf,buthisdeepestdebtwastohisfamily,andtothelandscapeinwhichhegrewup.

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