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William Butler Yeats
(June 13th, &#; January 28th, )
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William Butler Yeats was born on June 13, in Dublin, Ireland to John Butler Yeats and Susan (Pollexfen) Yeats. Because his mother was from Sligo, which is west of Ireland, Yeats spent a great deal of his childhood there (Norton ). In , William and his family moved to London before eventually returning to Ireland in Because he spent time in different places, William was able to incorporate many themes into his poetry, including religion, politics, love, and social class. His early work was mainly a body devoted to Irish culture, some poems derived from his own personal experiences in Sligo. He then also began to include English, European, and Asian cultures into his work as well ().
Yeats met and fell in love with a woman named Maud Gonne, an actress and Irish nationalist who repeatedly refused his offer to marry. In , Yeats also met a woman named Lady Gregory, a writer and promoter of Irish lite
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Irish poet and playwright (–)
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William Butler Yeats[a] (13 June &#;&#; 28 January ) 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. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and later served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State.
A Protestant of Anglo-Irish descent, Yeats was born in Sandymount, Ireland. His father practised law and was a successful portrait painter. He was educated in Dublin and London and spent his childhood holidays in County Sligo. He studied poetry from an early age, when he became fascinated by Irish le
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William Butler Yeats (13 June - 28 January ) was an Irishpoet, dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years poet served as an Irish Senator for two terms. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its ledare during its early years. In , he was awarded a 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." He was the first Irishman so honored.[1] poet is generally considered one of the few writers whose greatest works were completed after being awarded the Nobel Prize;[2] such works include The Tower () and The Winding Stair and Other Poems ()
Yeats was born and educated in huvudstaden i irland,