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New page: '''William Butler Yeats''' (June 13, 1865 - January 28, 1939) was an Irish playwright and poet. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923, Yeats was one...
'''William Butler Yeats''' (June 13, 1865 - January 28, 1939) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] playwright and poet. Winner of the [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Prize for Literature]] in 1923, Yeats was one of the most important contributors to 20th century literature. Yeats also served two terms in the Séanad, the Irish Senate.
Yeats was born in [[Dublin]] but raised primarily in [[County Sligo]] and in [[London]]. His father, John Butler Yeats, was a well-known painter. Though born into the [[Protestant Ascendancy]], W. B. Yeats became an important figure in the [[Celtic Revival]], a movement that championed native Irish culture over English influences. Much of his work draws upon Irish mythology and folklore. His poetry was also influenced by [[Maude Gonne]], with whom he maintained a primarily platonic love affair for many years. Yeats cofounded Dublin's famous [[Abbey Theater]].
Yeats' best-known poems include:
*''The Lake Isle of Innisfree''
*''Easter 1916''
*''Under Ben Bulben''
*''He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven''
*''When You Are Old''
Yeats was also an outstanding dramatist; his plays include:
*''Cathleen ni Houlihan''
*''The Land of Heart's Desire''
*''The Hourglass''
*''On Baile's Strand''
== External Links ==
[http://www.niox.co.uk/education/english/poetry/results.php?poet=yeats Selection of Yeats poems]
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[http://www.nli.ie/yeats/ Yeats exhibition at the National Library of Ireland]
Yeats was born in [[Dublin]] but raised primarily in [[County Sligo]] and in [[London]]. His father, John Butler Yeats, was a well-known painter. Though born into the [[Protestant Ascendancy]], W. B. Yeats became an important figure in the [[Celtic Revival]], a movement that championed native Irish culture over English influences. Much of his work draws upon Irish mythology and folklore. His poetry was also influenced by [[Maude Gonne]], with whom he maintained a primarily platonic love affair for many years. Yeats cofounded Dublin's famous [[Abbey Theater]].
Yeats' best-known poems include:
*''The Lake Isle of Innisfree''
*''Easter 1916''
*''Under Ben Bulben''
*''He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven''
*''When You Are Old''
Yeats was also an outstanding dramatist; his plays include:
*''Cathleen ni Houlihan''
*''The Land of Heart's Desire''
*''The Hourglass''
*''On Baile's Strand''
== External Links ==
[http://www.niox.co.uk/education/english/poetry/results.php?poet=yeats Selection of Yeats poems]
<br>
[http://www.nli.ie/yeats/ Yeats exhibition at the National Library of Ireland]