Seamus Heaney

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1 (of 2) Seamus Heaney receiving his Nobel Prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 1995.

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2 (of 2) All 1995 Nobel Laureates on stage for the Nobel Prize award ceremony. From left: Physics Laureates Martin L. Perl and Frederick Reines; Chemistry Laureates Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland; Medicine Laureates Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus; Literature Laureate Seamus Heaney and Laureate in Economic Sciences Robert E. Lucas Jr.

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