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William Butler Yeats

Writing

Born June 13, 1865 · Sandymount, County Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]

Died January 28, 1939

Also known as W.B. Yeats

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Awards & recognition

  • Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt · 1934
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1923
  • Doctor of Letters
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1923 · nominated
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  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1922 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1921 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1918 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1915 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1914 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1902 · nominated

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A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

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