He has most recently won acclaim for his translations of Sophocles plays and most notably, a new translation of Beowulf.
He branched out into literary criticism with "Preoccupations" and "The Government of the Tongue" in the 1980s, following a poetry career, collected in Station Island and Field Work. His most famous poetry comes from his 1966 debut Death of a Naturalist. He has most recently won acclaim for his translations of Sophocles plays and most notably, a new translation of Beowulf. For 10 points, name this Irish poet, winner of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature.
He branched out into literary criticism with "Preoccupations" and "The Government of the Tongue" in the 1980s, following a poetry career, collected in Station Island and Field Work.
Seamus {Heaney}