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The group of writers I had grown up with in the '60s - Derek Mahon, Michael Longley, James Simmons, John Hewitt, Paul Muldoon - formed a very necessary and self-sustaining group.
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney
Born: Apr 13, 1939
Died: Aug 30, 2013

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