William Butler Yeats - Nobel Prize in Literature — 1923
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William Butler Yeats

Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature — 1923
for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation
Citizenship
Irish Free State Irish Free State
Languages
English
date of birth
6/13/1865
place of birth
Sandymount
date of death
1/28/1939
place of death
Menton, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Lived
73 years
position held
  • senator of Ireland
    • start time: 9/11/1922
    • end time: 12/6/1928
educated at
  • The High School, Dublin
  • National College of Art and Design
member of
  • Royal Society of Literature
  • Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
  • Yeats family
field of work
  • drama
  • poetry
  • fiction
occupation
  • politician
  • astrologer
  • playwright
  • mystic
  • writer
  • poet
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