Selected Poems 1965

''Selected Poems 1965–1975'' is a poetry collection by

Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish Irish poetry, poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his best-known works is ''Death of a Naturalist'' (1966), his first m ...

, who received the 1995

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. It was published in

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(and published in the United States as ''Poems 1965–1975'' by

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, 1981). It includes selections from Heaney's first four volumes of verse: *'' Death of a Naturalist'' (1966) *''

Door into the Dark ''Door into the Dark'' (1969) is a poetry collection by Seamus Heaney, who received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Poems include "Requiem for the Croppies", "Thatcher" and "The Wife's Tale". Heaney has been recorded reading this collection o ...

'' (1969) *'' Wintering Out'' (1972) *''

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