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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: Responsibilities: and other poems

    First published in 1914 7 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition responsibilities00yeatrich Cover of edition responsibilities00yeat_0 Cover of edition responsibilities0000yeat
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  • Cover of: Per amica silentia lunae

    First published in 1918 7 editions in 3 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition peramicasilentia00yeatrich Cover of edition peramicasilentia00yeatuoft Cover of edition peramicasilenti00yeatgoog
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  • Cover of: Collected plays.

    First published in 1934 7 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Poetry of Cats

    First published in 1974 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition poetryofcats00samu
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  • Cover of: Wind among the Reeds

    First published in 2018 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Poetry and Ireland

    First published in 1908 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition poetryireland0000yeat
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  • Cover of: Stories of Red Hanrahan.

    First published in 1904 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Ah, sweet dancer: W. B. Yeats, Margot Ruddock: a correspondence.

    First published in 1970 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: W.B. Yeats and T. Sturge Moore: their correspondence, 1901-1937

    First published in 1953 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Seven poems and a fragment.

    First published in 1922 6 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition seven00poemsandfrayeatrich Cover of edition sevenpoemsandfra00yeatuoft Cover of edition sevenpoemsandfra0000yeat
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  • Cover of: The tables of the law: & The adoration of the Magi

    First published in 1897 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Tribute to Thomas Davis: with an account of the Thomas Davis centenary meeting held in Dublin on November 20th, 1914, including Dr. Mahaffy's prohibition of the "Man called Pearse", and an unpublished protest by "A.E."

    First published in 1947 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Cathleen Ni Houlihan

    First published in 1906 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: In the seven woods: being poems chiefly of the Irish heroic age

    First published in 1903 6 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition insevenwoodsbein0000yeat Cover of edition insevenwoodstheg00yeat
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  • Cover of: Essays

    First published in 1924 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition essays1931to19360000yeat
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  • Cover of: The herne's egg: manuscript materials

    First published in 1938 6 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition herneseggotherpl0000yeat Cover of edition hernesegg0000yeat
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  • Cover of: Uncollected prose.

    First published in 1970 6 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The variorum edition of the poems of W. B. Yeats.

    First published in 1957 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition variorumeditiono0000yeat_j6g7
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  • Cover of: The cutting of an agate.: [Essays]

    First published in 1912 6 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition cuttingofanagate00yeatuoft Cover of edition cuttingofagate00yeat
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  • Cover of: Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays

    First published in 2011 6 editions in 1 language
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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
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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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  • William Butler (1865-1939) Yeats
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  • William BUTLER YEATS
  • W B 1865-1939 Yeats
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  • W. B. Yeats (chosen by)
  • Yeats, William Butler, Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
  • W. B. ; Ed. Yeats
  • W B (Chosen by) Yeats
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