Literary experts from around the world to mark 50 years since publication of Seamus Heaney's landmark collection ‘North'
Three-day conference will take place in the Seamus Heaney Centre in Queen's University Belfast from June 5-7
Today at 21:30
The 50th anniversary of the publication of Seamus Heaney's collection North, which saw the poet directly address the Troubles for the first time, is to be marked.
A three-day conference at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University Belfast will bring together experts from around the world to discuss the significance of the Nobel laureate poet's landmark work.
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Literary experts from around the world to mark 50 years since publication of Seamus Heaney's landmark collection ‘North'
Three-day conference will take place in the Seamus Heaney Centre in Queen's University Belfast from June 5-7 Today at 21:30 The 50th anniversary of the publication of Seamus Heaney's collection North, which saw the poet directly address the Troubles for the first time, is to be marked. A three-day conference at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University Belfast will bring together experts from around the world to discuss the significance of the Nobel laureate poet's landmark work.
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