Poet William Butler Yeats was born on June 13, 1865 in Dublin, Ireland but grew up in County Slingo.
He was both the Irish and British literary establishments, and in his later
years served as an Irish Senator for two terms. Yeats was a driving force
behind the Irish Literary Revival, along with other notable writers. He also
helped found The Abbey Theater, where he served as its chief during its early
years. In 1923 he was awarded the Noble Prize in Literature as the first
Irishman to be so honored. Yeats is generally considered one of the few writers
who completed their greatest works after being awarded the Nobel Prize; such
works include The Tower (1928) and The
Winding Stair and Other Poems (1929). From 1900, Yeats' poetry grew more
physical and realistic. He largely renounced the transcendental beliefs of his
youth, though he remained preoccupied with physical and spiritual masks, as
well as with cyclical theories of life. Yeats died on January 28, 1939 in
Menton, France.
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