[2] Seán Hewitt was born in Warrington, UK, to an Irish mother and English father.
[4][5] Hewitt received his PhD, on the works of J. M. Synge, from the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool.
[27] Booker Prize shortlisted novelist Max Porter describes Hewitt as "an exquisitely calm and insightful lyric poet, reverential in nature and gorgeously wise in the field of human drama.
"[28] Tongues of Fire is a book of lyric poetry, and explores queer sexuality, grief, and the natural world.
[29][30][31] Hewitt's book-length study of the Irish playwright, poet and travel writer J. M. Synge, J.M.