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William Butler Yeats [a] (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist and writer, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature.He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with Lady Gregory founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years.
Yeat has stated that he created the name Yeat while high and trying to come up with one word that sounds familiar to people. [10] [8] His stage name has also been described as a combination of "yeet" and "heat". [3] Yeat has mentioned how his use of LSD was able to help him pursue his music career. [10]
This is a list of all works by Irish poet and dramatist W. B. (William Butler) Yeats (1865–1939), winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature and a major figure in 20th-century literature. Works sometimes appear twice if parts of new editions or significantly revised.
The Nobel prize to William Butler Yeats was well received. One writer in The Guardian said that "Mr. Yeats is to be congratulated, almost without reserve, on lifting this substantial stake. He is a poet of real greatness; prose, too, he can write like an angel", however arguing that Thomas Hardy would have been a worthier recipient of the award ...
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Yeats is an English family name. Notable people with the name include: Anne Yeats (1919–2001), Irish painter and stage designer; Elizabeth Yeats (1868–1940), Irish printer and manager of the Dun Emer Press and the Cuala Press; Francis Yeats-Brown (1886–1944), British author of The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
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