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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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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Seamus Heaney → influencedBy → W.B. Yeats ⓘ
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W. H. Auden → influencedBy → W.B. Yeats ⓘ
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this entity surface form: William Butler Yeats
Gitanjali → prefaceBy → W.B. Yeats ⓘ
subject surface form: Gitanjali: Song Offerings
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