Seamus Heaney was a speaker at the opening of the 25th EPIC, the Ezra Pound International Conference, held in Dublin this past July. His remarks on Pound were enlightening, and the applause that followed his talk was warm and prolonged.
Following news of his death, many have written moving homages, a few of which are collected here.
The Editors,
London Review of Books
http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2013/08/30/the-editors/seamus-heaney-1939-2013/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3517&hq_e=el&hq_m=2709204&hq_l=9&hq_v=2a89d5a06e
Peter McDonald, "Seamus Heaney 1939-2013"
http://www.towerpoetry.org.uk/component/content/article/16-news-and-events-archive/574-peter-mcdonald-writes-about-seamus-heaney
Marché de la Poésie
http://poesie.evous.fr/spip.php?page=article&id_article=7007
Massimo Bacigalupo
http://www.doppiozero.com/materiali/ricordi/seamus-heaney-poesia-ed-esperienza
Andrew O'Hagan
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/02/seamus-heaney-my-travels-with-poet?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2&et_cid=47498&et_rid=1401394&Linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.theguardian.com%2fbooks%2f2013%2fsep%2f02%2fseamus-heaney-my-travels-with-poet
BBC (August 30, 2013)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23898891
Liz Bury,
The Guardian (August 30, 2013)
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/30/seamus-heaney-dies-74-poet
New York Times (August 30, 2013)
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/08/30/world/europe/30reuters-heaney-death.html?smid=pl-share