2nd Seamus Heaney Award Ceremony, Japan (14 July 2025)

The Embassy of Ireland invites us to the 2nd Seamus Heaney Award Ceremony on 14 July 2025.

If you wish to participate, please register via the following link:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/seamus-heaney-award-2025-tickets-1406912014709

For further details, please see below.

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Seamus Heaney Award 2025

Please mark your calendar for this significant occasion!

Event 2nd Seamus Heaney Award Ceremony, Japan
Date Monday, 14 July 2025
Venue: Embassy of Ireland at Ireland House Japan (Yostuya), Tokyo
Organisers: IASIL Japan in collaboration with the Embassy of Ireland Japan

This event celebrates outstanding contributions to Irish literary studies in Japan, honouring the legacy of Ireland’s celebrated poet and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. The inaugural award was presented in 2022, recognizing the deepening cultural ties between the two nations.

We are delighted to announce that distinguished Irish poet Sinéad Morrissey has been selected as the recipient of the second Seamus Heaney Award, Sinéad will be in attendance as well and Christopher Heaney, Seamus Heaney’s son. More Information: IASIL Japan Newsletter 2024 ( https://iasil.jp/files/newsletter2024-1.pdf )

Further details, including the ceremony programme can be provided on request to IASIL secretariat.

Best Regards
Aisling

Press & Cultural Attaché| Embassy of Ireland Embassy of Ireland