William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
Author of Collected Poems
About the Author
William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland on June 13, 1865. He 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 playwright until the movement was joined by John Synge. Yeats' show more plays included The Countess Cathleen, The Land of Heart's Desire, Cathleen ni Houlihan, The King's Threshold, and Deirdre. Although a convinced patriot, Yeats deplored the hatred and the bigotry of the Nationalist movement, and his poetry is full of moving protests against it. He was appointed to the Irish Senate in 1922. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation." He is one of the few writers who completed their greatest works after being awarded the Nobel Prize. His poetry collections include The Wild Swans at Coole, Michael Robartes and the Dancer, The Tower, The Winding Stair and Other Poems, and Last Poems and Plays. He died on January 28, 1939 at the age of 73. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Photograph by George Beresford (1911)
Series
Works by William Butler Yeats
A Treasury of Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection) (1825) 459 copies, 1 review
The Major Works: Including poems, plays, and critical prose (Oxford World's Classics) (1997) 128 copies, 1 review
Delphi Collected Poetical Works of W. B. Yeats (Illustrated) (Delphi Poets Series Book 7) (2012) 33 copies
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. VI: Prefaces and Introductions (Collected Works of W B Yeats) (1989) 30 copies
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats, Volume X: Later Articles and Reviews : Uncollected Articles, Reviews, and Radio… (2000) 28 copies
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume IX: Early Articles and Reviews: Uncollected Articles and Reviews Written… (2004) 20 copies
A Vision, and related writings, selected and edited by A. Norman Jeffares (1990) 18 copies, 1 review
Collected Letters of W. B. Yeats: Volume II: 1896-1900 (Collected Letters of W B Yeats) (1997) 9 copies
Wheels and butterflies 9 copies
"Where There Is Nothing" and "The Unicorn from the Stars": Manuscript Materials (The Cornell Yeats) (1987) 6 copies
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats( Volume 1( The Poems)[COLL POEMS OF WB YEATS REV/E 2][Paperback] 5 copies, 1 review
Spiritus Mundi 5 copies
The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats 5 copies
Autobiografieen̈ 1 5 copies
Sailing to Byzantium 4 copies
Leda and the Swan 4 copies
Yeats's Vision Papers: Sleep and Dream Notebooks, Vision Notebooks 1 and 2, Card File (1992) 4 copies
The Hour-glass; Cathleen ni Houlihan; the Pot of Broth [vol. 2 of Plays for an Irish theatre] (2012) 4 copies
Racconti - Liriche 4 copies
Autobiografieën 2 4 copies
The Collected Letters of W. B. Yeats: Volume V: 1908-1910: 5 (Yeats Collected Letters Series) (2018) 4 copies
The Autobiography of William Butler Yeats - Consisting of Reveries Over Childhood and Youth - The Trembling of the Veil… (1953) 4 copies
teatro 4 copies
Yeats: Selected Poems 4 copies
Cinco poetas contemporáneos 3 copies
The Greatest Christmas Stories & Poems in One Volume: 150 Tales, Poems & Carols (Illustrated): Silent Night, Ring Out… (2015) 3 copies
T.1 : la comtesse cathleen. la terre. du desir du coeur. cathleen ni houlihan. le pot de bouillon... (1997) 3 copies
Trois Nôs irlandais : A la source du faucon - Ce que rêvent les os - Purgatoire, précédé de "Yeats et le Nô" (1994) 3 copies
W.B. Yeats : collected poems 3 copies
Is the order of R.R. & A.C. to remain a magical order? : written in March, 1901, and given to the adepti of the Order… (1901) 3 copies
Theatre Business: Correspondence of the First Abbey Theatre Directors, William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory and J.M.Synge (1982) 3 copies
I magnifici 7 capolavori della letteratura irlandese (eNewton Classici) (Italian Edition) (2013) 3 copies
A Full Moon In March 3 copies
"The Only Jealousy of Emer" and "Fighting the Waves": Manuscript Materials (The Cornell Yeats) (2005) 3 copies
Calvary 3 copies
A little garland of Celtic verse 3 copies
Complete Poetry and Plays 3 copies
Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918 & The Oxford Book of Modern Verse 1892-1935, The, — Editor — 2 copies
Collaborative One-Act Plays, 1901-1903: Cathleen ni Houlihan, The Pot Of Broth, The Country Of The Young, Heads or… (2007) 2 copies
On Baile’s Strand 2 copies
Werke V : Essays und Einführungen 2 copies
Irländska Dramer 2 copies
30poemas 2 copies
Letters to Katharine Tynan 2 copies
On Magic & The Occult 2 copies
The Municipal Gallery revisited 2 copies
Works of William Butler Yeats 2 copies
Poems of Yeats 2 copies
The Hour Glass 2 copies
I racconti di Hanrahan il Rosso 2 copies
The King’s Threshold 2 copies
The secret rose ; RosaAlchemica ; The tables of the law ; The adoration of the Magi ; John Sherman ; and Dhoya : being… (1908) 2 copies
Fairy Tales of Ireland 2 copies
William Butller Yeats Versei 2 copies
Nine poems 2 copies
The collected poems of W.B. Yeats. [Lyrical: Crossways (1889) ; The rose (1893) ; The wind among the reeds (1899) ; In… (1956) 2 copies
The Wisdom of the King 2 copies
Dreams That Have No Moral 2 copies
La Rose secrète, suivie de "Les Histoires de Hanrahan le Roux" et de "Rosa alchemica, Les Tables de la loi et… (1995) 2 copies
ESTRANGEMENT: BEING SOME FIFTY THOUGHTS FROM A DIARY KEPT BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS IN THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND… (1926) 2 copies
Ideas of Good and Evil 2 copies
Théâtre 2 copies
Poems of Place 2 copies
The Collected Poems of W.B.Yeats Definitive Edition With the Authors Final Revision Hardcover 1 copy
Plays for an Irish theatre 1 copy
A Knight Of The Sheep 1 copy
Quaranta poesie 1 copy
The Man And His Boots 1 copy
An Enduring Heart 1 copy
W. B. Yeats and Japan 1 copy
Village Ghosts 1 copy
A Visionary 1 copy
A Teller Of Tales 1 copy
Drumcliff And Rosses 1 copy
A Coward 1 copy
Belief And Unbelief 1 copy
Mortal Help 1 copy
Yeats, W. B. 1 copy
The Devil 1 copy
The Ten Principal Upanishads 1 copy
The Swine Of the Gods 1 copy
Aristotle Of The Books 1 copy
A Voice 1 copy
Kidnappers 1 copy
The Poems of W. B. Yeats. 1 copy
The Untiring Ones 1 copy
Earth, Fire And Water 1 copy
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats. Definitive Edition, With the Author's Final Revisions. (1962) 1 copy
The Last Gleeman 1 copy
Miraculous Creatures 1 copy
The Poems of Yeats 1 copy
Μυθολογίες και… 1 copy
'And Fair, Fierce Women' 1 copy
Enchanted Woods 1 copy
W. B. Yeats Selected Poetry 1 copy
The Old Town 1 copy
Literatim Transcription of the Manuscripts of William Butler Yeats's the Speckled Bird (Fictional Works By One Author) (1976) 1 copy
William Butler Yeats Poetry 1 copy
Werke [1] 2 Dramen [...] 1 copy
The Countess Cathleen ; The land of heart's desire ; The unicorn from the stars : being the third volume of The… (1908) 1 copy
The king's threshold ; On Baile's strand ; Deirdre ; Shadowy waters : being the second volume of The collected works in… (1908) 1 copy
Poems lyrical and narrative : being the first volume of The collected works in verse and prose of William Butler Yeats.… (1908) 1 copy
Works of William Butler Yeats (60 works). Inclds. The Celtic Twilight, Four Years, The Hour Glass, Rosa Alchemica,… (2009) 1 copy
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales 1 copy
Purgatory 1 copy
Teatro irlandese moderno 1 copy
The hour-glass ; Cathleen Ni Houlihan ; The golden helmet ; The Irish dramatic movement : being the fourth volume of… (1908) 1 copy
Izbor iz djela 1 copy
Pesmi / Poetry 1 copy
Discoveries ; Edmund Spencer ; Poetry and traditions ; and other essays : being the eighth volume of The collected… (1908) 1 copy
DIARMUID & GRANIA 1 copy
Yeats's vision papers. 3, Sleep and Dream notebooks, Vision notebooks 1 and 2, card file / ed. by Robert Anthony… (1992) 1 copy
Théâtre (1923) 1 copy
Last Poems 1936-1939 1 copy
AS TÁBUAS DA LEI 1 copy
The Celtic Twilight by W.B.Yeats, Fiction, Fantasy, Literary, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology (2005) 1 copy
Poems. Second series 1 copy
The Dreaming Of The Bones 1 copy
The Cat And The Moon 1 copy
The Resurrection 1 copy
W. B. Yeats - Spiritus Mundi 1 copy
The Only Jealousy Of Emer 1 copy
Werke 2 @Erzählungen 1 copy
Werke [1] 1 Dramen [...] 1 copy
The Poems of W.B Yeats 1 copy
In the Deep Hearts Core 1 copy
"The Consulation" 1 copy
[No title] 1 copy
Book of Story Poems, A 1 copy
On Magic and the Occult 1 copy
The Lake Isle of Innisfree 1 copy
Quaranta poesie 1 copy
Poesía escogida 1 copy
Opere 1 copy
Poèmes choisis 1 copy
Pems of Yeats 1 copy
W.B. Yeats MYTHOLOGIES 1 copy
On Kısa Oyun 1 copy
The Arrow 1 copy
On Magic & The Occult 1 copy
On Being Asked for a War Poem (included in The Norton Introduction to Literature - 5th Edition) 1 copy
The Complete Works of William Butler Yeats (Vol. 1-8): Complete Edition of Works in Verse and Prose 1 copy
Divining Poets: Yeats: A Quotable Deck from Turtle Point Press (Divining Poets: A Quotable Deck from Turtle Point… (2021) 1 copy
Il vento tra le canne 1 copy
Poemas 1 copy
Eight poems 1 copy
Yeats and Auden 1 copy
Selected Poems and Plays 1 copy
W. B. Yeats: Short Fiction 1 copy
Teatro - - Volume 23 1 copy
Stories from Carleton — Introduction — 1 copy
Selected Poems by WB Yeats 1 copy
W.B. Yeats: Selected Plays 1 copy
Poems of W. B. Yeats, The 1 copy
Literary Ideas in Ireland 1 copy
Ah, Sweet Dancer 1 copy
Miłość to wybór losu 1 copy
Prose inédite de W.B. Yeats: Vol. 4 : Critique théâtrale, comptes rendus et articles rassemblés et publiés (1998) 1 copy
Poesie / Poems 1 copy
The Wild Swans at Coole, Michael Robartes and the Dancer, the Tower (Three Collections of Yeats' Poems) (2011) 1 copy
Μια γυναίκα νέα και γραία 1 copy
Poems : Second Series 1 copy
IDEAS SOBRE EL BIEN Y EL MAL 1 copy
Give up Paris 1 copy
Poesìa 1 copy
Out Of The Rose 1 copy
The Heart Of the Spring 1 copy
The Old Men Of The Twilight 1 copy
The Twisting Of The Rope 1 copy
Red Hanrahan's Curse 1 copy
Hanrahan's Vision 1 copy
Yeats Selected Poetry 1 copy
The Death Of Hanrahan 1 copy
The Adoration Of The Magi 1 copy
By The Roadside 1 copy
Tribute to Thomas Davis 1 copy
The Religion Of A Sailor 1 copy
The Short Plays Vol 1: "The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober." (2013) 1 copy
The Short Plays Vol 2: “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” (2013) 1 copy
Our Lady Of The Hills 1 copy
The Golden Age 1 copy
The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature) (2015) 1 copy
War 1 copy
The Queen And The Fool 1 copy
Irish Peasantry 1 copy
Lapis Lazuli {poem} 1 copy
Letters 1 copy
W.B. Yeats - The Short Stories: “Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.” (2013) 1 copy
Tre atti unici 1 copy
Visioni di maggio 1 copy
Stories of Michael Robartes and his friends: An extract from a record made by his pupils: and a play in prose (1970) 1 copy
poesia 1 copy
W. B. Yeats 1 copy
Sull'acque tenebrose 1 copy
La poverella 1 copy
W.B. Yeats - The Trembling Of The Veil: "To long a sacrifice can make a stone of a heart" (2013) 1 copy
Le più belle fiabe irlandesi 1 copy
When You Are Old {poem} 1 copy
No Second Troy {poem} 1 copy
Associated Works
Gitanjali (1910) — Introduction, some editions; Introduction, some editions; Introduction, some editions; Introduction, some editions; Translator, some editions; Translator, some editions — 1,358 copies, 18 reviews
The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (2000) — Contributor — 1,308 copies, 9 reviews
The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost (2004) — Contributor — 1,089 copies, 3 reviews
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 952 copies, 7 reviews
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991) — Contributor — 578 copies, 4 reviews
World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Contributor — 460 copies, 1 review
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Contributor — 253 copies, 1 review
Teaching with Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach (2003) — Contributor — 205 copies, 1 review
Aesthetes and Decadents of the 1890s: An Anthology of British Poetry and Prose (1981) — Contributor — 177 copies, 2 reviews
Poetry Speaks Expanded: Hear Poets Read Their Own Work from Tennyson to Plath (2007) — Contributor — 153 copies, 2 reviews
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contributor — 153 copies, 1 review
The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays (1892) — Contributor — 128 copies, 1 review
The Classic Noh Theatre of Japan (New Directions Paperbook) (1916) — Introduction, some editions — 115 copies
Playwrights on Playwriting: The Meaning and Making of Modern Drama from Ibsen to Ionesco (1960) — Contributor — 113 copies, 2 reviews
Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry (2020) — Contributor — 102 copies, 33 reviews
Leading From Within: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Lead (2007) — Contributor — 102 copies, 3 reviews
The Sophisticated Cat: A Gathering of Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings About Cats (1992) — Contributor — 101 copies, 1 review
The Book of Irish Weirdness: A Treasury of Classic Tales of the Supernatural, Spooky and Strange (1997) — Contributor — 98 copies, 1 review
From Isles of Dream: Visionary Stories and Poems of the Celtic Renaissance (1993) — Contributor — 41 copies
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 2: Love, Marriage, and the Family (1966) — Contributor — 39 copies
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 3: Intelligent Family Living (1967) — Contributor — 33 copies
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 4: The World Around Us (1968) — Contributor — 29 copies
Fairies, Pookas, and Changelings: A Complete Guide to the Wild and Wicked Enchanted Realm (2017) — Contributor — 27 copies
Terrifying Transformations: An Anthology of Victorian Werewolf Fiction, 1838-1896 (2012) — Contributor — 21 copies
A Very Irish Christmas: The Greatest Irish Holiday Stories of All Time (Very Christmas, 6) (2021) — Contributor — 15 copies, 2 reviews
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributor — 10 copies
Poems of William Blake (ed. Yeats) — Editor — 5 copies
The Bibelot, Volume IX: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, Chosen in Part from Scarce Editions and Sources… (1903) — Contributor — 4 copies
Fantastic Imaginings: A Journey Through 3500 Years of Imaginative Writing, Comprising Fantasy, Horror, and Science… (2012) — Contributor — 4 copies
The Bibelot, Volume XVIII: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, Chosen in Part from Scarce Editions and… (1912) — Contributor — 4 copies
Die englische Literatur 09 in Text und Darstellung. 20. Jahrhundert. (2001) — Contributor — 3 copies
Poems of Spenser; Selected and With an Introd. by W.B. Yeats — Editor — 2 copies
The Dial, Vol LXXVII No 3, September 1924 — Contributor, some editions — 1 copy
Wakacje Wśród Duchów — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- W.B. Yeats
- Legal name
- Yeats, William Butler
- Other names
- Yeats, W. B.
- Birthdate
- 1865-06-13
- Date of death
- 1939-01-28
- Burial location
- Drumcliffe, County Sligo, Ireland
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
Ireland - Country (for map)
- Ireland
- Birthplace
- Sandymount, County Dublin, Ireland
- Place of death
- Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
- Places of residence
- Dublin, Ireland (birth)
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (death)
London, England, UK - Education
- Metropolitan School of Art
- Occupations
- poet
dramatist - Relationships
- Yeats, John Butler (father)
Yeats, Jack Butler (brother)
Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet (sister)
Yeats, Michael Butler (son)
Gregory, Lady (friend)
Mannin, Ethel (friend) (show all 18)
Martyn, Edward (friend)
Moore, Thomas Sturge (friend)
Yeats, Susan Mary (sister)
Gonne, Maud (friend)
Shakespear, Olivia (friend)
Synge, J. M. (friend)
Pound, Ezra (friend)
Eliot, T. S. (friend)
Hemingway, Ernest (friend)
Pollexfen, Claire D. (cousin)
Pollexfen, Muriel A. (cousin)
Hyde-Lees, Georgiana (wife) - Organizations
- Seanad Éireann
Rhymers' Club
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
Abbey Theatre
Irish Literary Theatre - Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize (Literature ∙ 1923)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1910)
Members
Reviews
Lists
Irish writers (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 755
- Also by
- 135
- Members
- 22,406
- Popularity
- #949
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 188
- ISBNs
- 1,131
- Languages
- 21
- Favorited
- 168
Consider the last lines of:
*The Cat and the Moon"
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Minnaloushe creeps through the grass
Alone, important and wise,
And lifts to the changing moon
His changing eyes.… (more)