Nobel Lecture by Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney delivered his Nobel Lecture Crediting Poetry on 7 December 1995. Read the lecture and more poetry by Heaney at www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prize...

[@foxantheri]

Here because Hozier mentioned this speech in an interview and he is incredibly correct about how beautiful and important it is

[@jolo2331]

That's why I'm.here❤

[@jimmyhart3191]

Same! so strange I was already half way through it from many years ago… so be it important to finish it

[@thinking102]

Me to

[@imrum_]

same💚

[@kailashbhattacharyya8696]

I have never been to Ireland but while I go through poetry ofW B Yeats, and Seamus Heany I discover a new world where humanity glitters like millions of star.,

[@MrSorted2]

Long but beautiful piece. Really inspiring. 1000 poems are being written tonight in his memory x

[@carlosluis1970]

i love irish culture! you gave us so many good things : joyce, beckett, heaney, kavanagh, yeats, shaw, oscar wilde, U2, Clanad, Perry Blake, Sinead O'Connor, Cranberries, Neil Jordan, guinness! :) thanks ! cheers from Portugal!

[@ALavin-en1kr]

Even his prose is poetry. Beautiful.

[@thesiluresscribe567]

A truly great man, Seamus Heaney. 24 carat gold intentions of good.

[@user-wm2fv3sp3x]

I am so thankful to come across this speech of Seamus Heaney after seeing an interview on Hozier. It is, in fact, a most moving and important speech. The message is universal, timeless and powerful. "The squeeze of the hand", such a small gesture that can connect humanity and the underlying pain of history written in blood and tears. Heaney was a most humble and influential Irishman. Long may his words left behind could make an impact on the human soul and unite people of any culture and ethnicity, bringing love and compassion in a world which is proved to ever slide into darkness.

[@sallymartin6184]

Thank you

[@ronnysanjaya6823]

Wonderful .Thank you ,very impresive.

[@thomassimmons1950]

BRILLIANT!!!

[@hazelloveridge9556]

History is about as instructive as an abattoir

[@jessicadoreen1879]

Would love to see the video of him actually being awarded the Nobel prize

[@NobelPrize]

While there's no video of his prize ceremony in the archive, you can see a photograph of Seamus Heaney receiving his Nobel Prize here: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1995/heaney/photo-gallery/ - Thanks for watching!

[@Catherine_Kate]

Incredible to have this. So many incorrect subtitles though.

[@NobelPrize]

You can read along in the full official transcript of Seamus Heaney's Nobel Lecture, which is available here: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1995/heaney/lecture/ . Thanks for watching!

[@Catherine_Kate]

Nobel Prize thank you so much for the link!

[@jameselias8955]

It can be tricky translating Irish.

[@Paul5520]

R.I.P. a great irishman

[@phoebevanegeraat5538]

Hero - absolute hero

[@phoebevanegeraat5538]

That's it Seamus - get em