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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: Dramatis personae.

    First published in 1935 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1906 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Celtic Twilight

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  • Cover of: Words for music perhaps and other poems: manuscript materials

    First published in 1932 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition wordsformusicper0000yeat
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  • Cover of: The Yeats reader: a portable compendium of poetry, drama, and prose

    First published in 1997 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition yeatsreaderporta00yeat
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  • Cover of: Eleven Plays of William Butler Yeats

    First published in 1964 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The unicorn from the stars, and other plays

    First published in 1908 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Writings on Irish folklore, legend and myth

    First published in 1993 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Images of Ireland

    First published in 1991 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition imagesofireland00yeat_0
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  • Cover of: Yeats's vision papers

    First published in 1992 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The variorum edition of the plays of W.B. Yeats.

    First published in 1966 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Two plays for dancers.

    First published in 1919 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition twoplaysfordance0000yeat
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  • Cover of: The speckled bird: an autobiographical novel with variant versions

    First published in 1973 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Fairy and folk tales of the Irish peasantry

    First published in 1888 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition fairyfolktalesof00yeatuoft
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  • Cover of: Secret Rose

    First published in 2018 3 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 2020 3 editions in 1 language
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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 Dramtis Personae

    First published in 1938 3 editions
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  • Cover of: William Blake and His Illustrations to the Divine Comedy, Part 2

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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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  • YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER, 1865-1939.
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  • YEATS, W.B. (WILLIAM BUTLER), 1865-1939
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