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Jan 1, 1865 — Jan 1, 1939· 74 yrs

IRISH FREE STATE AUTHOR · POETRY · MANUSCRIPTS

William Butler Yeats

Also known as: William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats

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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."

Sandymount, Irish Free State
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The virtue of all-in wrestling is that it is the spectacle of excess.

— from Mythologies, 1957

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Fairy tales of Ireland

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A collection of Irish fairy tales, with a concentration on the fairies themselves, including "The Stolen Child," "The Witches' Excursion," and "The Horned Women."

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Mythologies

1957

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Collection of folklore stories re-told by Yeats. It gathers three of his other books, The Celtic Twilight, The Secret Rose and Stories of Red Hanrahan.

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Yeats, romantic visionary

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