North (poetry)
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North is a collection of poems written by Irish
Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney
. It was the first of his works that directly dealt with the troubles
experienced in Ireland
through the 1960s and 70s. In particular, he uses parallels with past events to explain the problems of Irish
society
. Heaney has been recorded reading this collection on the Seamus Heaney Collected Poems album.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer. He lives in Dublin. Heaney has received the Nobel Prize in Literature , the Golden Wreath of Poetry , T. S. Eliot Prize and two Whitbread prizes...
. It was the first of his works that directly dealt with the troubles
The Troubles
The Troubles was a period of ethno-political conflict in Northern Ireland which spilled over at various times into England, the Republic of Ireland, and mainland Europe. The duration of the Troubles is conventionally dated from the late 1960s and considered by many to have ended with the Belfast...
experienced in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
through the 1960s and 70s. In particular, he uses parallels with past events to explain the problems of Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
. Heaney has been recorded reading this collection on the Seamus Heaney Collected Poems album.