Five Translations of Semus Heaney's Poems

Abstract

Seamus Heaney's poetry has been growing up with the growth of Irish history, and consequently much of his poems acts as the representative of the struggle of Irish people, version to Catholicism, self reflexivity and many other sensual factors. The life of the great poet and his works in relation with the Irish history full of bombing, shooting and endless killing by the swords of power are described bellow. Seamus Heaney was born in the Townland of Tamnairn, at Massbawn, Country Derry, Northern Ireland, on 13 April 1939. He was the eldest of nine children, one of whom died in a road accident and is remembered in the poem 'Mid-Term Break'. His father was a farmer and therefore he lived all his young life on a farm. Much of the raw material for his poetry stems from the farm. Seamus Heaney himself, even though admired the skills md dedication of his father and grandfather ("Digging") did not follow his ancestors in the family tradition.