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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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    First published in 1902 1 edition in 1 language
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    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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    First published in 1903 12 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition ideasofgoodevil00yeat Cover of edition ideasofgoodevil00yeatrich
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  • Cover of: Plays in prose and verse: written for an Irish theatre, and generally with the help of a friend

    First published in 1903 66 editions in 2 languages — 9 previewable Cover of edition hourglasscathlee00yeatuoft Cover of edition playsinprosevers0000yeat_f0l9 Cover of edition playsforirishthe00yeatrich Cover of edition playsinprosevers00yeatuoft Cover of edition hourglassandoth01yeatgoog Cover of edition hourglassandoth00yeatgoog Cover of edition hourglass0000yeat Cover of edition hourglassmanuscr00yeat
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  • Cover of: The Hour Glass, Cathleen Ni Houlihan, The Pot Of Broth: Being Plays For An Irish Theatre

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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, Celtic Mythology, English literature, 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, England, Galway (Ireland : County), Irlanda, Irlande, Jefferson, London (England), Lucerne, Massachusetts, Memphis, Mississippi, New England, Orbis Tertius, Salem Village, Sligo (Comté), Tlön
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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