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...Heaney, an Irish national, was chosen for the honor only months after delivering a speech highly critical of British attitudes toward the Irish...
...Vendler said Heaney's selection could serve as a lesson that "poetry is not defined solely by nationality. It is defined by the language it was written...
...Heaney will be paid 3120 pounds during each of his five years as Oxford poet. Because the position is largely honorary, it will not interfere with his Harvard appointment...
...awards dinner where he received an award for excellence from the London-based Sunday Times, Heaney said that the British media and government had maintained a feeling of moral superiority to the Irish...
...Heaney, who is currently living at his home in Dublin, could not be reached for comment...