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About William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with John Millington Synge and Lady Gregory, founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. He was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature and later served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State.
Everything about William Butler Yeats →- Occupation
- poet, playwright, writer, politician
- Position held
- senator of Ireland
- Citizenship
- Irish Free State
- Born
- June 13, 1865, March 13, 1865
- Died
- January 28, 1939