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W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
1865–1939
A defining voice of modern literature, this Irish poet and dramatist transformed folklore, mysticism, love, and political change into powerful verse and theater. His long, influential career earned him the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature.
41 Audiobooks
The Trembling of the Veil
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The King's Threshold; and On Baile's Strand
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Synge and the Ireland of His Time
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Cutting of an Agate
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Countess Cathleen
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Mosada: A dramatic poem
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Green Helmet and Other Poems
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Secret Rose
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Wild Swans at Coole
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Per Amica Silentia Lunae
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
John Sherman; and, Dhoya
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Seven Poems and a Fragment
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Four Years
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats, Lady Gregory
The Celtic Twilight
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 1 (of 8) Poems Lyrical and Narrative
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Land of Heart's Desire
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 8 (of 8) Discoveries. Edmund Spenser. Poetry and Tradition; and Other Essays. Bibliography
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Land of Heart's Desire
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Hour Glass
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Wind Among the Reeds
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 2 (of 8) The King's Threshold. On Baile's Strand. Deirdre. Shadowy Waters
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Poems
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 5 (of 8) The Celtic Twilight and Stories of Red Hanrahan
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Stories of Red Hanrahan
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The tower
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
In The Seven Woods: Being Poems Chiefly of the Irish Heroic Age
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 6 (of 8) Ideas of Good and Evil
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Tables of the Law; & The Adoration of the Magi
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Ideas of Good and Evil
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Two plays for dancers
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Responsibilities, and other poems
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 3 (of 8) The Countess Cathleen. The Land of Heart's Desire. The Unicorn from the Stars
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Rosa Alchemica
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 7 (of 8) The Secret Rose. Rosa Alchemica. The Tables of the Law. The Adoration of the Magi. John Sherman and Dhoya
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Michael Robartes and the dancer
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Reveries over Childhood and Youth
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 4 (of 8) The Hour-glass. Cathleen ni Houlihan. The Golden Helmet. The Irish Dramatic Movement
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Discoveries: A Volume of Essays
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Plays and controversies
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
About the author
William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865, and became one of the leading figures of twentieth-century literature. He wrote poetry, plays, essays, and literary criticism, while drawing deeply on Irish history, folklore, and his lifelong interest in mysticism.
Yeats’s writing evolved throughout his career, moving from romantic and symbolic early poems toward a sharper, more modern style. He was also closely associated with the Irish literary revival and helped establish Irish drama as a major cultural force.
He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. Yeats died in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, on January 28, 1939, leaving behind a body of work that continues to shape poetry and theater.