Beowulf

Author: Seamus Heaney

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  • : 9780571203765
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  • : July 2005
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Barcode 9780571203765
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Description

Composed towards the end of the first millennium of our era, the Anglo-Saxon poem "Beowulf" is a Northern epic and a classic of European literature. In this new translation, Seamus Heaney has produced a work that is true, line by line, to the original poem.

Promotion info

The author was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995.

Awards

Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Book of the Year 1999 and Whitbread Book Awards: Poetry Category 1999 and Whitbread Prize (Poetry) 1999.