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Seamus Heaney - Death of a Naturalist

Roger McGough marks 50 years since Seamus Heaney published Death of a Naturalist. Featuring interviews from Bellaghy, and archive recordings of the poet reading his work.

Roger McGough marks 50 years since Seamus Heaney published his first collection, Death of a Naturalist. Featuring interviews from Heaney's childhood home of Bellaghy, and archive recordings of the poet reading his work. Poems include Digging, Mid Term Break and Blackberry Picking. Producer Sally Heaven.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 8 Oct 2016 23:30

This Week's Poems

 

Digging

The Follower

Death of a Naturalist

The Barn

The Diviner

Mid Term Break

Blackberry Picking

Poor Women in a City Church

Scaffolding

Honeymoon Flight

Personal Helicon

 

 

All by Seamus Heaney

Taken from ‘Death of a Naturalist’

Published by Faber & Faber

 

Credit

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 Oct 2016 16:30
  • Sat 8 Oct 2016 23:30