From the opening poem of his first major collection, Death of a Naturalist, Seamus Heaney grounded himself in the distinctive landscapes, places and customs of his native Ireland. Published in 1966, that initial poem, ‘Digging,’ laid out the writer’s predilections and intentions, proffering the purpose of his words. In ‘Digging,’ Heaney places himself firmly within [...]
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Posted in Landscape, Prespa, Uncategorized, Wetlands, Writing, tagged Death of a Naturalist, Digging, Door into the Dark, literature, poetry, Prespa, Seamus Heaney, The Peninsula on July 1, 2010 | 6 Comments »
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My essay, Faith in a Forgotten Place, has won the 2011 Terrain.org Nonfiction Award. You can read it here!
Julian Hoffman is a writer living beside the Prespa Lakes in northern Greece. Notes from Near and Far is his blog on the nature of place.
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