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William Butler Yeats

 W. B. Yeats
Irsk litteratur
William Butler Yeats i 1903.
Foto: Alice Boughton
Personlig information
Fulde navnWilliam Butler Yeats
Født13. juni 1865(1865-06-13)
Sandymount, Dublin, Irland
Død28. januar 1939 (73 år)
Menton, Frankrig
Nomineringer og priser
Påskrift på gravsten af William Butler Yeats i Drumcliff

William Butler Yeats ([jeɪts]; 13. juni 1865 i Sandymount ved Dublin28. januar 1939 i Menton, Frankrig) var en irsk forfatter, som deltog i den irske frihedsbevægelse. Han anses for at være en af de mest betydningsfulde engelsksprogede forfattere i det 20 århundrede. Han modtog Nobelprisen i litteratur i 1923. W. B. Yeats bror var maleren Jack Butler Yeats.

Han blev begravet i Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, og i 1948 flyttet til landsbyen Drumcliff i County Sligo.

Nobelprisen i litteratur
1923

Udvalgte værker

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  • The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems (1889)
  • The Celtic Twilight (1893)
  • The Lake Isle of Innisfree (1893)
  • The land of heart's desire (1894)
  • The secret rose (1897)
  • The Wind Among the Reeds (1899)
  • Cathleen ni Houlihan (1902)
  • Ideas of Good and Evil (1903)
  • In the Seven Woods (1904)
  • Discoveries (1907)
  • Deirdre (1907)
  • The green helmet (1910)
  • Responsibilities (1914)
  • The Wild Swans at Coole (1917)
  • Four Plays for Dancers (1921)
  • Four Years (1921)
  • The Cat and the Moon (1924)
  • A Vision (1925)
  • Autobiographies (1926)
  • The Tower (1928)
  • The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933)
  • Collected Plays (1934)

Eksterne henvisninger

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