Seamus Deane

Seamus Deane (born 1940) is an Irish poet, novelist, and critic.

Born in Derry, Northern Ireland, Deane was brought up as part of a Catholic nationalist family. He attended St. Columb's College in Derry, where he befriended fellow-student Seamus Heaney, Queen's University Belfast (BA and MA) and Pembroke College, Cambridge University (PhD).

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