Michael Longley will be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced, and it has long been my belief that his work is of the level that would be befitting of a Nobel Prize ...
Michael Longley, one of Ireland’s leading poets, died on Wednesday night in Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital following a short illness.
Belfast-born writer Michael Longley has been remembered as “one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced” ...
Michael Longley, who has died aged 85, was a poet whose graceful and careful work made him one of the most cherished writers ...
The Belfast-born poet Michael Longley has been awarded a €250,000 (£216,000) European arts award. Longley will accept the Feltrinelli International Prize for Poetry at a ceremony in November.
"It's a mystery. If I knew where poems came from, I would go there." These are the words of Belfast-born poet Michael Longley as he shares insights on the friendships and places that have inspired ...
Belfast-born poet Michael Longley dies aged 85, his family says.