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William Butler Yeats

Irish poet, dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. In 1923, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation."

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Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)

Born 1865
Died 1939

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  • Cover of: The wild swans at Coole: manuscript materials

    First published in 1917 10 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition wildswansatcoole0000yeat_s5c0 Cover of edition wildswansatcoole0000yeat
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  • Cover of: The senate speeches of W.B. Yeats

    First published in 1960 10 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Deirdre: being volume five of Plays for an Irish theatre

    First published in 1907 9 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition deirdremanuscrip00yeat
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  • Cover of: The autobiography of William Butler Yeats: consisting of Reveries over childhood and youth, The trembling of the veil, and Dramatis personae.

    First published in 1938 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition autobiographyofw00yeat
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  • Cover of: book of Irish verse: selected from modern writers

    First published in 1895 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Mosada: a dramatic poem

    First published in 1886 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition mosada0000yeat
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  • Cover of: The Countess Cathleen

    First published in 1899 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore

    First published in 2012 8 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The tower: manuscript materials

    First published in 1928 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition towerfacsimileed00yeat
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  • Cover of: The king's threshold: and On Baile's strand.

    First published in 1904 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition kingsthresholdma00yeat
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  • Cover of: Where there is nothing ...

    First published in 1902 8 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition wherethereisnoth00yeat Cover of edition wherethereisnoth01yeat Cover of edition wherethereisnoth00yeat_0
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  • Cover of: Essays and introductions.

    First published in 1961 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Dramatis personae, 1896-1902: Estrangement, The death of Synge, The bounty of Sweden.

    First published in 1936 7 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Selected Poems and Two Plays of William Butler Yeats

    First published in 1962 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition selectedpoemstwo00yeat
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  • Cover of: If I were four-and-twenty.

    First published in 1940 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1973 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Running to paradise: an introductory selection

    First published in 1967 7 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Plays and controversies

    First published in 1923 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition playscontroversi00yeat
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  • Cover of: John Sherman, and Dhoya

    First published in 1891 7 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition johnshermanandd00yeatgoog Cover of edition johnshermandhoya0000yeat Cover of edition johnshermandhoya0000yeat_f2e5
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  • Cover of: Last poems & plays

    First published in 1940 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)

Born 1865
Died 1939
Subjects
Poetry (poetic works by one author), Irish authors, Poetry, Yeats, w. b. (william butler), 1865-1939, Manuscripts, English poetry, Folklore, Irish Poets, Textual Criticism, Drama, Tales, Facsimiles, Fairy tales, Fiction, Biography, Correspondence, History and criticism, English Manuscripts, Irish Authors, English drama, English literature, Celtic Mythology, Intellectual life, Irish poetry, Theater
Places
Ireland, Dublin, Sligo (County), Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland), Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, Sligo (Ireland : County), London, Buenos Aires, California, England, Galway (Ireland : County), Irlanda, Irlande, Jefferson, London (England), Lucerne, Massachusetts, Memphis, Mississippi, New England, Orbis Tertius, Salem Village, Sligo (Comté)
People
W. B. Yeats (1865-1939), J. M. Synge (1871-1909), Ossian (3rd cent), W.B. Yeats (1865-1939), Mangan's sister, Ezra Pound (1885-1972), Gregory Lady (1852-1932), Sophocles, T. Sturge Moore (1870-1944), Thomas Osborne Davis (1814-1845), A. Norman Jeffares (1920-), Adolfo Bioy Casares, Alfred Doolittle, Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), Colonel Pickering, Colonel Sartoris, Davis Thomas (1814-1845), Devil, Eliza Doolittle, Emily Grierson, Ethelred, Ezra Buckley, Faith Brown, Faucigny Lucinge, Finn MacCumhaill (active 3rd century)
Time
20th century, 19th century, 1920-, 1922-, 1600s, 17th century, 18th century, 1912, 1922-1949, 1935-1947, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 19e siècle, 20e siècle, Antebellum era, Easter Rising, 1916, Siglo XIX

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  • William Butler Yeats
  • W. B. Yeats
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  • WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
  • W.B. YEATS
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  • YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER, 1865-1939.
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  • YEATS, W.B. (WILLIAM BUTLER),1865-1939.
  • YEATS, W.B. (WILLIAM BUTLER), 1865-1939
  • William Yeats
  • Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
  • W. B. (William Butler) 1865-1939 Yeats
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  • W. B. YEATS
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  • William Butler (1865-1939) Yeats
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  • William BUTLER YEATS
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  • Yeats, William Butler, Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
  • W. B. ; Ed. Yeats
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