Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (1991) Winner
Michael Longley
マイケル・ロンリー
Maikeru Ronrī
Aliases:
Michael George Longley
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1939-07-27 （Belfast）
- Died
- 2025-01-22 （Belfast） age 85
- Nationality
- Northern Irish, British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Atheism
- Residence History
- Belfast, Northern Ireland → Carrigskeewaun, County Mayo
Career
- Occupations
- poet, Arts Council director, Ireland Professor of Poetry
- Active Years
- 1969-2025
- Affiliations
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast Group
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature, Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts
- Influenced By
- Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon
- Influenced
- Paul Muldoon
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Belfast Academical Institution | — | Classics | — | — | Northern Ireland |
| Trinity College Dublin | — | Classics | — | — | Ireland |
Royal Belfast Academical Institution
Classics
Country:
Northern Ireland
Trinity College Dublin
Classics
Country:
Ireland
Edited Icarus
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Whitbread Poetry Prize | Gorse Fires | 詩 | Whitbread | 受賞 |
| 2000 | T. S. Eliot Prize | The Weather in Japan | 詩集 | — | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Hawthornden Prize | The Weather in Japan | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Griffin Poetry Prize | The Stairwell | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2017 | PEN Pinter Prize | — | — | PEN | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Whitbread Poetry Prize
1991
Work:
Gorse Fires
Category:
詩
Organization:
Whitbread
Result:
受賞
T. S. Eliot Prize
2000
Work:
The Weather in Japan
Category:
詩集
Result:
受賞
Hawthornden Prize
2000
Work:
The Weather in Japan
Result:
受賞
Griffin Poetry Prize
2015
Work:
The Stairwell
Result:
受賞
PEN Pinter Prize
2017
Organization:
PEN
Result:
受賞
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
2001
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 60 (2000) Winner
T. S. Eliot Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 8 (2000) Winner
Griffin Poetry Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 15 (2015) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Weather in Japan
2000 PoetryA collection of poems on nature and everyday life.
natureordinary thingspeace
Bibliography
- No Continuing City (1969)
- An Exploded View (1973)
- Man Lying on a Wall (1976)
- The Echo Gate (1979)
- Gorse Fires (1991)
- The Ghost Orchid (1995)
- The Weather in Japan (2000)
- Snow Water (2004)
- A Hundred Doors (2011)
- The Stairwell (2014)
- Angel Hill (2017)
- The Candlelight Master (2020)
- The Slain Birds (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyricfluentrich in nature imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- natureclassicspeacefamily
Health
-
complications from hip surgery2025年1月Cause of death
Legacy
Renowned Northern Irish poet known for poetry on nature, classics, and the Troubles.
Archives
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
In Popular Culture
- 'Ceasefire' poem timed with IRA ceasefire
Quotes
-
It's a mystery where poems come from. If I knew where poems came from I would go there ...
Source: Interview (2024)
Trivia
- Twin brother Peter died in 2013/14
- Wife Edna Longley is a critic
- Famous poem 'Ceasefire' based on Iliad