Yeats,William Butler

Yeats,William Butler
Yeats (yāts), William Butler. 1865-1939.
Irish writer. A founder of the Irish National Theatre Company at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, he wrote many short plays, including The Countess Cathleen (1892). His poetry, published in collections such as The Winding Stair (1929), ranges from early love lyrics to the complex symbolist works of his later years. He won the 1923 Nobel Prize for literature.
  Yeatsʹi·an adj.

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  • William Butler Yeats — (pronEng|ˈjeɪts; 13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and English literary establishments, in his later years Yeats served as an… …   Wikipedia

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