Death of a Naturalist by  Seamus Heaney

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Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney: Episode 1

Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney, Episode 1

Poems read by Bríd Brennan, Adrian Dunbar and Stephen Rea.

Digging, Death of a Naturalist, The Barn, An Advancement of Learning and Blackberry-Picking.

A new reading of the debut poetry collection by the Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Seamus Heaney, specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his death.

As read by Bríd Brennan, Adrian Dunbar and Stephen Rea.

Music composed and performed by Neil Martin.

Seamus Heaney was a poet, translator, teacher and critic. During a career spanning fifty years, he became one of the most celebrated poets of his generation. While often rooted in the landscape of his homeland, Heaney’s poetry has a universal appeal that was to find a worldwide readership. During his lifetime he was the recipient of many honours, including the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature, and his work has been translated into 27 languages. His legacy lives on, as readers continue to enjoy and engage with his poetry, prose, drama and translations.

Readers: Bríd Brennan, Adrian Dunbar and Stephen Rea.
Author: Seamus Heaney
Music: Neil Martin
Producer: Michael Shannon
Editor: Andy Martin

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Bríd Brennan, Adrian Dunbar and Stephen Rea read Heaney's 1966 debut poetry collection.

Bríd Brennan, Adrian Dunbar and Stephen Rea read the 1966 debut poetry collection by Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Seamus Heaney to mark the tenth anniversary of his death.

Bríd Brennan, Adrian Dunbar and Stephen Rea give a new reading of the debut poetry collection by the Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Seamus Heaney, specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his death.

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