NOBEL PRIZE POET AT UCLA TONIGHT.Byline: - Rob Lowman Even after T.S. Eliot labeled it ``the cruelest month,'' someone got the idea to make April a time to celebrate poetry. Regardless of that cruel irony, there is a wonderful way to enjoy verse: Listen to the 1995 Nobel Prize Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. winner in Literature, Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (IPA: /ˈʃeɪməs ˈhiːni/) (born 13 April 1939) is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. He currently lives in Dublin. , recite some of his works tonight at Royce Hall Royce Hall is a building on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Designed by the Los Angeles firm of Allison & Allison (James Edward Allison, 1870-1955, and his brother David Clark Allison, 1881-1962) in the Italian Romanesque Revival style and completed on the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX campus. In addition to talking about his poetry, Heaney will also discuss his acclaimed and best-selling translation of the 1,000-year-old epic ``Beowulf'' (Farrar, Straus & Giroux Farrar, Straus & Giroux Publishing company in New York City noted for its literary excellence. It was founded in 1945 by John Farrar and Roger Straus as Farrar, Straus & Co. ), which came out last year. Called ``the most important Irish poet since Yeats'' by Robert Lowell, Heaney is the author of numerous books of poetry, prose and essays. His new book of poems, ``Electric Light'' (Farrar), is out in stores this month. While not all poets are considered good ambassadors of their works, Heaney is noted for his strong dramatic readings. Tickets for the event are $9 to $25 and can be purchased at the UCLA Central Ticket Office, online at www.performingarts.ucla.edu and at all Ticketmaster outlets. For more information or to charge by phone, call (310) 825-2101. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Poet Seamus Heaney will recite a selection of his works at UCLA's Royce Hall tonight. |
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