Letter: A Tribute to Seamus Heaney

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To the Editor:

Re "Seamus Heaney, Irish Poet of Soil and Strife, Dies at 74" (nytimes.com, Aug. 30):

Seamus Heaney saw his beloved homeland torn by war and cruel political hatreds throughout the 20th century, and was the heir to a culture long bound in Catholic tradition.

Though Mr. Heaney's trajectory took him far from his Catholic origins, he never fully resisted Catholicism's gravitational pull, never denied its energy.

Mr. Heaney was world-weary and wise, tinctured with an existential sadness, though he managed a strong underlying optimism. With Seamus Heaney, like Irish beer, the sharpness and the bitterness are undeniable, but it is the refreshment that soothes and lingers.

GEORGE KOVAC
Miami, Aug. 30, 2013

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