Heaney talks about the poem 'Anything Can Happen', which was widely read following the destruction of the Twin Towers.
After receiving the T.S. Eliot prize for his collection 'District and Circle', Heaney talks about writing a version of the 2,000-year-old poem 'Anything Can Happen', which was widely read following the destruction of the Twin Towers in New York in 2001.
| Title: | Anything Can Happen |
| Clip Duration: | 00:04:00 |
| Material Type: | Audio |
| Clip Title: | Shock and Awe |
| Series Title: | The Eleventh Hour |
| Information: | ‘The Eleventh Hour’ was a radio arts and culture programme that went out late at night. It was presented by Páraic Breathnach. It began on 2 October 2006 and ended on 31 August 2007. The accompanying image shows Seamus Heaney in his Sandymount home in 2009. The photographer was John Cooney. © RTÉ Archives 4215/100 |
| Local Keywords: | Seamus Heaney, Poet, Poetry, Literature, T.S. Eliot Prize, District and Circle, Anything Can Happen, Twin Towers, 9/11, Páraic Breathnach |
| Coverage: | Ireland |
| Genre: | Factual |
| Topic: | Arts and Culture |
| Provider: | RTÉ |
| Contributor(s): | Páraic Breathnach (Presenter) |
| Publisher: | RTÉ |
| First Broadcast Channel: | RTÉ Radio One |
| Production Year: | 2007 |
| Country of Production: | Ireland |
| Original Identifier: | 5290099 |
| IPR Restrictions: | Rights Reserved - Free Access |
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| Item Type: | part/extract |
| Sound: | Mono |
| Language: | English (eng) |
