Heaney talks about his year teaching in Berkeley, California in 1970.
Heaney talks to John Quinn about his year teaching in Berkeley, California in 1970, which had a huge effect on his life and work. He had never lived outside Ireland before and here he was in America, experiencing the beat movement and anti-Vietnam War protests. He also met the writer and academic Tom Flanagan and had a reorientation towards Ireland.
| Title: | My Education: Seamus Heaney |
| Clip Duration: | 00:04:42 |
| Material Type: | Audio |
| Clip Title: | "It Was the Most Important Year of My Life, Maybe" |
| Series Title: | My Education |
| Information: | ‘My Education’ was a 1990s radio series in which famous people recalled their education. It was presented and produced by John Quinn. Each half-hour programme focused on the memories of one person, who described “all the influences – family, school, books, events, places – that have contributed to his or her ‘education’” (RTÉ Guide, 31 May 1991, p. 4). ‘My Education was originally designed as a summer series and first broadcast on 6 June 1991. The accompanying image shows Seamus Heaney in 1983. © RTÉ Archives 2000/016 |
| Local Keywords: | Seamus Heaney, Poet, Poetry, Literature, Education, Academia, United States, America, Berkeley, University of California, John Quinn |
| Coverage: | Ireland |
| Genre: | Factual |
| Topic: | Arts and Culture |
| Provider: | RTÉ |
| Contributor(s): | John Quinn (Presenter) |
| Publisher: | RTÉ |
| First Broadcast Channel: | RTÉ Radio One |
| Production Year: | 1996 |
| Country of Production: | Ireland |
| Original Identifier: | AA6494 |
| IPR Restrictions: | Rights Reserved - Free Access |
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| Item Type: | part/extract |
| Sound: | Mono |
| Language: | English (eng) |
