HEANEY, Seamus (trans.).

Inquire · Offered by Peter Harrington

Beowulf. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Heaney on the title page to his friends, "to Andy and Michelle, So! Hwaet! Seamus. 6. X. 99". Heaney's translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic, dedicated to the memory of Ted Hughes, won the 1999 Whitbread Book of the Year award.Andy and Michelle were long-standing personal friends of the Heaney family, receiving other inscribed copies, Christmas cards, and letters from at least 1989 through to 2009.

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