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District and Circle
T.S. Eliot Prize · 2006 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| T.S. Eliot Prize | 2006 | Winner |
About This Book
Seamus Heaney's twelfth collection takes its title from the London Underground and uses the tunnelled journey as a metaphor for descent into memory, history, and the self. The poems move between the rural Ireland of his childhood and the contemporary world with characteristic luminosity.
About the Author
Seamus Heaney (1939–2013) was an Irish poet, playwright, and translator widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995 and the T.S. Eliot Prize in 2006 for District and Circle. Read more →
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