January 16, 2007
T.S. Eliot Award
Seamus Heaney has finally laid claim to one of the few poetry titles thus far to elude him. It was announced this evening that the Nobel laureate has won the 2006 TS Eliot prize with his latest collection, District and Circle. He beat off a strong challenge from fellow Faber poet and countryman – and friend – Paul Muldoon to win the £10,000 award, presented earlier this evening by TS Eliot’s widow, Mrs Valerie Eliot.
