Michael Longley

Michael Longley

CBE
Longley reading his poetry at the Corrymeela Peace Centre near Ballycastle, County Antrim, July 2012
Longley reading his poetry at the Corrymeela Peace Centre near Ballycastle, County Antrim, July 2012
Born(1939-07-27)27 July 1939
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died22 January 2025(2025-01-22) (aged 85)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
EducationRoyal Belfast Academical Institution
Alma materTrinity College Dublin (TCD)
Notable awardsWhitbread Poetry Prize
T. S. Eliot Prize
Hawthornden Prize

Michael Longley CBE (27 July 1939 – 22 January 2025) was a Northern Irish poet. During his career, he won the Whitbread Poetry Prize, the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Hawthornden Prize. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Longley died from problems caused by hip surgery at a hospital in Belfast on 22 January 2025, at the age of 85.

References

  1. 1 2 "Poet Michael Longley dies aged 85". BBC News. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet with interests from nature and classics to the Troubles". The Telegraph. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Michael Longley obituary: acclaimed Northern Irish poet". The Times. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.