Age, Biography and Wiki

Michael Longley was born on 27 July, 1939 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, is an Irish poet (born 1939). Discover Michael Longley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

Popular As N/A
Occupation N/A
Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 27 July 1939
Birthday 27 July
Birthplace Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Nationality Ireland

We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 27 July. He is a member of famous poet with the age 84 years old group.

Michael Longley Height, Weight & Measurements

At 84 years old, Michael Longley height not available right now. We will update Michael Longley's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.

Physical Status
Height Not Available
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
Hair Color Not Available

Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

Family
Parents Not Available
Wife Not Available
Sibling Not Available
Children Not Available

Michael Longley Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Michael Longley worth at the age of 84 years old? Michael Longley’s income source is mostly from being a successful poet. He is from Ireland. We have estimated Michael Longley's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
House Not Available
Cars Not Available
Source of Income poet

Michael Longley Social Network

Instagram
Linkedin
Twitter
Facebook
Wikipedia
Imdb

Timeline

1939

Michael Longley, (born 27 July 1939, Belfast, Northern Ireland), is an Irish poet.

One of twin boys, Michael Longley was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to English parents, Longley was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, and subsequently read Classics at Trinity College, Dublin, where he edited Icarus.

1991

Gorse Fires (1991) won the Whitbread Poetry Prize.

1995

He holds honorary doctorates from Queen's University Belfast (1995) and Trinity College, Dublin (1999) and was the 2001 recipient of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.

2000

The Weather in Japan (2000) won the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Hawthornden Prize.

2007

He was the Ireland Professor of Poetry from 2007 to 2010, a cross-border academic post set up in 1998, previously held by John Montague, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, and Paul Durcan.

2010

He was succeeded in 2010 by Harry Clifton.

North American editions of Longley's work are published by Wake Forest University Press.

Over 50 years, he has spent much time in Carrigskeewaun, County Mayo, which has inspired much of his poetry.

His wife, Edna, is a critic on modern Irish and British poetry.

They have three children.

Their daughter is artist Sarah Longley.

An atheist, Longley describes himself as a "sentimental" disbeliever.

Longley was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.

2011

Longley won a 2011 London Awards for Art and Performance.

2012

His collection A Hundred Doors won the Poetry Now Award in September 2012.

2013

His twin brother, Peter, died in 2013/14.

2014

On 14 January 2014, he participated in the BBC Radio 3 series The Essay – Letters to a Young Poet.

Taking Rainer Maria Rilke's classic text Letters to a Young Poet as inspiration, leading poets wrote a letter to a protege.

Longley has provided readings of his poetry for the Irish Poetry Reading Archive (UCD).

Longley dedicated the second half of The Stairwell (2014), his tenth collection, to him.

His 2014 collection, The Stairwell, won the 2015 International Griffin Poetry Prize.

2015

In 2015, he received the Ulster Tatler Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 2015 Longley was elected a Freeman of the City of Belfast.

2017

He was awarded the PEN Pinter Prize in 2017.

The Chair of the judges, Don Paterson, said: "For decades now his effortlessly lyric and fluent poetry has been wholly suffused with the qualities of humanity, humility and compassion, never shying away from the moral complexity that comes from seeing both sides of an argument."

2018

It also brought him the inaugural Yakamochi Medal in 2018.

In 2018, he was made an honorary fellow of Trinity College Dublin.