<P> Seamus Justin Heaney MRIA ( / ˈʃeɪməs ˈhiːni / ; 13 April 1939 -- 30 August 2013 ) was an Irish poet , playwright and translator . He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature . Among his best - known works is Death of a Naturalist ( 1966 ) , his first major published volume . </P>
<P> Seamus Justin Heaney MRIA ( / ˈʃeɪməs ˈhiːni / ; 13 April 1939 -- 30 August 2013 ) was an Irish poet , playwright and translator . He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature . Among his best - known works is Death of a Naturalist ( 1966 ) , his first major published volume . </P>
who won the nobel prize for literature in 1995
who won the nobel prize for literature in 1995
Seamus Justin Heaney
Seamus Justin Heaney