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William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, author, playwright and activist during the early 20th Century.
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Fast Facts
- Born: June 13, 1865
- Birthplace: Sandymount, County Dublin, Ireland
- Died: January 29, 1939
- Literary Genre: Poetry, Plays
- Awards: 1923 Nobel Prize
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Career
William Butler Yeats is considered one of the cornerstones of 20th Century Literature. His importance to Irish letters is noted by his 1923 Nobel Prize, which the Nobel committee claimed gave "expression to the spirit of a whole nation." Yeats, influenced in part by William Blake, had a lifelong fascination with the occult, theosophical, and spiritualist movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s. -
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- The Wanderings of Oisin
- At the Hawk's Well
- The Tower
- Last Poems
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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking -William Butler Yeats
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Hearts are not to be had as a giftHearts are to be earned....William Butler Yeats.
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Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required.- William Butler Yeats http://largestnetwork.com
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"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." William Butler Yeats
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"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."-William Butler Yeats
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White Boxer Short with People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind. - William Butler Yeats - $12.99
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As a young man, William Butler Yeats was deeply affected by the idea of romantic love, or, as he called it, "the old high way of love." Characteristically, much of his early poetry that which was written prior to 1910, is poetry that belon...
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William Butler Yeats Personal Timeline
- June 13, 1865: Born, Sandymount, County Dublin
- 1877: Attended Godolphin Primary School
- 1884: Attended Metropolitan School of Art
- 1889: Met Maud Gonne
- 1890: Co-founded the Rhymers' Club | Admitted into the Order of the Golden Dawn
- 1899: Co-established Irish Literary Theatre
- 1902: Helped establish Dun Emer Press
- 1913: Met Ezra Pound
- 1916: Married Georgie Hyde-Lees
- 1922: Appointed to Irish Senate
- 1923: Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
- January 28, 1939: Died
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William Butler Yeats Publications Timeline
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- 1889: The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems
- 1892: Countess Cathleen
- 1893: The Celtic Twilight
- 1897: The Secret Rose
- 1899: "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven"
- 1914: "No Second Troy"
- 1921: Michael Robartes and the Dancer | Four Years
- 1928: "The Tower"
- 1929: The Winding of The Stairs and Other Poems
