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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".
Everything about Michael Longley →- Occupation
- poet, writer, teacher
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- July 27, 1939
- Died
- January 22, 2025