 First edition (publ. Faber) | |
| Author | Seamus Heaney |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 1996 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 80 pp |
| ISBN | 9780571178223 |
| Preceded by | Seeing Things |
| Followed by | Electric Light |
The Spirit Level is a 1996 poetry collection written by Seamus Heaney, who received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. It won the poetry prize for the 1996 Whitbread Awards. [1]
Heaney has been recorded reading this collection on the Seamus Heaney Collected Poems album.
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