W.B. Yeats

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Irish poet Nobel laureate in Literature dramatist essayist human playwright poet

W.B. Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, a leading figure of 20th-century literature and co-founder of Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, renowned for his lyrical verse and exploration of Irish identity and mysticism.

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Label	Occurrences
W. B. Yeats	52
William Butler Yeats	24
Yeats	2
W. B. Yeats as both man and mythic figure	1
W.B. Yeats canonical	1

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instanceOf	Irish poet ⓘ Nobel laureate in Literature ⓘ dramatist ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ
associatedWith	J. M. Synge ⓘ Lady Gregory ⓘ Maud Gonne ⓘ
awardReceived	Nobel Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
burialPlace	Drumcliff, County Sligo ⓘ
child	Anne Yeats ⓘ Michael Yeats ⓘ
citizenship	Ireland ⓘ
coFounded	Abbey Theatre ⓘ Abbey Theatre ⓘ surface form: Irish National Theatre Society
countryOfBirth	Ireland ⓘ
countryOfDeath	France ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1865-06-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1939-01-28 ⓘ
describedAs	leading figure of 20th-century literature ⓘ major poet of the 20th century ⓘ
educatedAt	Erasmus Smith High School ⓘ Dublin Society's Drawing School ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin
era	20th-century literature ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
familyName	W.B. Yeats self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yeats
father	John Butler Yeats ⓘ
fullName	W.B. Yeats self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: William Butler Yeats
genre	drama ⓘ lyric poetry ⓘ modernist poetry ⓘ symbolist poetry ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
influenced	Seamus Heaney ⓘ T. S. Eliot ⓘ Ted Hughes ⓘ W. H. Auden ⓘ
influencedBy	Celtic mythology ⓘ surface form: Irish mythology Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ William Blake ⓘ mysticism ⓘ occultism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Irish Republican Brotherhood ⓘ Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ⓘ surface form: The Golden Dawn
middleName	Butler ⓘ
mother	Susan Mary Pollexfen ⓘ
movement	Irish Literary Revival ⓘ Modernism ⓘ Symbolism ⓘ
nationality	Irish ⓘ
NobelPrizeInLiteratureYear	1923 ⓘ
notableWork	A Vision ⓘ Cathleen ni Houlihan ⓘ Easter Rising ⓘ surface form: Easter, 1916 Leda and the Swan ⓘ Purgatory ⓘ Sailing to Byzantium ⓘ The Countess Cathleen ⓘ The Lake Isle of Innisfree ⓘ The Playboy of the Western World ⓘ The Second Coming ⓘ The Tower ⓘ The Winding Stair and Other Poems ⓘ
occupation	dramatist ⓘ essayist ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ senator ⓘ
placeOfBirth	County Dublin ⓘ Sandymount ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin ⓘ
positionHeld	Senator of the Irish Free State ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ
sibling	Jack Butler Yeats ⓘ
spouse	Georgie Hyde-Lees ⓘ
theme	Irish identity ⓘ Irish nationalism ⓘ aging ⓘ history ⓘ love ⓘ mysticism ⓘ occult ⓘ politics ⓘ

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