Michael Longley
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Michael Longley Template:Post-nominals (27 July 1939 – 22 January 2025) was a Northern Irish poet.[1] During his career, he won the Whitbread Poetry Prize, the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Hawthornden Prize. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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| Longley reading his poetry at the Corrymeela Peace Centre near Ballycastle, County Antrim, July 2012 | |
| Born | 16 July 1939 |
| Place of Birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Awards | Whitbread Poetry Prize T. S. Eliot Prize Hawthornden Prize |
Longley died from problems caused by hip surgery at a hospital in Belfast on 22 January 2025, at the age of 85.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Poet Michael Longley dies aged 85". BBC News. 23 January 2025. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vmg9nmm33o.
- ↑ "Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet with interests from nature and classics to the Troubles". The Telegraph. 23 January 2025. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/01/23/michael-longley-northern-ireland-nature-troubles-heaney/.
- ↑ "Michael Longley obituary: acclaimed Northern Irish poet". The Times. 24 January 2025. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/michael-longley-obituary-acclaimed-northern-irish-poet-h0mfdps0h.