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William Butler Yeats

Also known as: William Butler Yeats; primary name: Yeats, William Butler
Details: individual; author/poet; British; Irish; Male
Life dates: 1865-1939
Biography: Writer, poet and playwright. Nobel Laureate in Literature, 1923. Born in Dublin, Ireland. His father was a lawyer and a well-known portrait painter. Yeats received his education in Dublin and in London. As a young writer, he was active in the fin de siècle in London and, simultaneously, in the effort for an Irish literary revival. Early on, he focused more on dramatic works than on poetry, typically incorporating themes of Irish legend, mysticism and spiritualism. Among his best known dramas are 'The Countess Cathleen' (1892), 'The Land of Heart's Desire' (1894), 'Cathleen ni Houlihan' (1902), 'The King's Threshold' (1904), and 'Deirdre' (1907). He received the Nobel Prize chiefly for his dramatic works, but he is as well-known for his influential poetic and lyric achievements. His poetic works include the volumes 'The Wild Swans at Coole' (1919), 'Michael Robartes and the Dancer' (1921), 'The Tower' (1928), 'The Winding Stair and Other Poems' (1933), and 'Last Poems and Plays' (1940). Yeats founded the Irish Theatre, to become the Abbey Theatre, with Lady Gregory, and served for a period as its chief playwright. He was appointed to the Irish Senate in 1922; his name recorded in the P&D visitors' book

22 related objects

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1954,0508.37 |
Producer name: BIOG30167 Drawn by:Althea Gyles |
Production date: 1899

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1921,0903.2 |
Producer name: BIOG48699 Drawn by:James Torrance |
Production date: 1893

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1921,0903.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48699 Drawn by:James Torrance |
Production date: 1893

print

Museum number: 1980,U.956 |
Producer name: Print made by:Emery WalkerAfter:Antonio Mancini |
Production date: 1907-1933

print

Museum number: 1980,U.957 |
Producer name: Print made by:Emery WalkerAfter:Charles Hazelwood Shannon |
Production date: 1880-1933

print; portfolio

Title: The Tower In Our Time: Covers for a Small Library After the |
Museum number: 2010,7062.128.1 |
Producer name: BIOG33866 Print made by:R B Kitaj |
Production date: 1969-1970

print

Title: William Butler Yeats: third plate |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1188 |
Producer name: BIOG33082 Print made by:Augustus John |
Production date: 1907

print

Title: William Butler Yeats: fourth plate |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1189 |
Producer name: BIOG33082 Print made by:Augustus John |
Production date: 1907

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1924,1113.2 |
Producer name: BIOG49086 Print made by:Otto Ubbelohde |
Production date: 1900-1924

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1998,1004.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir William NicholsonAfter:Laurence Housman |
Production date: 1897

print

Title: William Butler Yeats: fith plate |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1191 |
Producer name: BIOG33082 Print made by:Augustus John |
Production date: 1907

print

Museum number: 1926,0621.12 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1898

print; portfolio

Title: To Yeats in Rapallo 21 Etchings and Poems |
Museum number: 1987,0411.11 |
Producer name: BIOG18916 Print made by:Fred Becker |
Production date: 1960

print

Title: William Butler Yeats: fith plate |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1192 |
Producer name: BIOG33082 Print made by:Augustus John |
Production date: 1907

print

Title: William Butler Yeats: second plate |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1187 |
Producer name: BIOG33082 Print made by:Augustus John |
Production date: 1907

print

Title: William Butler Yeats: first plate |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1186 |
Producer name: BIOG33082 Print made by:Augustus John |
Production date: 1907

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1924,1211.7 |
Producer name: BIOG43131 Print made by:Armand Rassenfosse |
Production date: 1922

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1915,0521.5 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1915

print

Title: William Butler Yeats: fith plate |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1190 |
Producer name: BIOG33082 Print made by:Augustus John |
Production date: 1907

print

Museum number: 1980,U.959 |
Producer name: Print made by:Emery WalkerAfter:John Singer Sargent |
Production date: 1908-1933

print

Museum number: 1980,U.958 |
Producer name: Print made by:Emery WalkerAfter:John Butler Yeats |
Production date: 1896-1933

telephone card

Museum number: 2008,4102.42 |
Authority: BIOG156713 Issuer:OTE |
Production date: 2006 |
Production place: Issued in:Greece

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