What is William Butler Yeats's middle name?
Butler
What is William Butler Yeats's full name?
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats nickname(s):
W. B. Yeats
William Butler Yeats date of birth:
June 13, 1865
How old was William Butler Yeats when died?
73
Where was William Butler Yeats born?
Sandymount, County Dublin
When did William Butler Yeats die?
January 28, 1939
William Butler Yeats body shape:
Average
Is William Butler Yeats gay or straight?
Straight
What is William Butler Yeats's ethnicity?
White
What is William Butler Yeats nationality?
Irish
What is William Butler Yeats's occupation?
Poet
William Butler Yeats claim to fame:
The Tower (1928)
Who is William Butler Yeats's father?
John Butler Yeats (1839–1922)
Who is William Butler Yeats's mother?
Susan Mary Pollexfen
William Butler Yeats sister(s):
Elizabeth, Susan Mary
Short Biography
William Butler Yeats (/ˈjeɪts/; 13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms. Yeats was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and others, founded the Abbey Theatre, where he served as its chief during its early years. In 1923, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature as the first Irishman so honoured for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation." 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).