Michael Longley

Michael Longley

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 (age 85)
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
EducationRoyal Belfast Academical Institution ('Inst')
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin (TCD)
Notable awardsWhitbread Poetry Prize
T. S. Eliot Prize
Hawthornden Prize

Michael Longley, CBE (born 27 July 1939, Belfast, Northern Ireland), is an Irish poet.