About Michael Longley
Michael George Longley was a Northern Irish poet. In his later years Longley observed: "It's a mystery where poems come from. If I knew where poems came from I would go there ... When I write a poem I am moving into unknown territory and hoping to be surprised by some kind of redemptive eloquence to cast light into dark corners". Following his death, the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, called Longley "a peerless poet".
Notable works:
Felim Egan
Awards:
Hawthornden Prize|T. S. Eliot Prize|King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry|Cholmondeley Award|Griffin Poetry Prize|PEN Pinter Prize|Librex Montale Prize|Eric Gregory Award|honorary doctorate|Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature|AWB Vincent Literary Award|Costa Book Award for Poetry
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