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Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939


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  • Fuller Name

    • William Butler

  • Variants

    • D. E. D. I., 1865-1939
    • Daemon Est Deus Inversus, 1865-1939
    • Ganconagh, 1865-1939
    • I., D. E. D., 1865-1939
    • Йейтс, У. Б. (Уильям Батлер), 1865-1939
    • Ĭeĭts, U. B. (Uilʹi︠a︡m Batler), 1865-1939
    • Йейтс, Уильям Батлер, 1865-1939
    • Ĭeĭts, Uilʹi︠a︡m Batler, 1865-1939
    • Weilian Batele Yezhi, 1865-1939
    • Yeats, William Butler, 1865-1939
    • Yeṭs, Ṿilyam Baṭler, 1865-1939
    • יטס, יטלאם בטלר
    • ייטס, ויליאם בטלר, 1865-1939
    • 威廉,巴特勒,叶芝, 1865-1939

  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1865-06-13

    • Death Date

        1939-01-28

    • Descriptor

        Nobel Prize winners

    • Birth Place

        Dublin (Ireland)

    • Associated Language

        English

    • Field of Activity

      Poetry


    • Occupation

      Poets

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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Yeats, William Butler, 1865-1939

  • Sources

    • found: Horton, W. T. The book of images ... 1898.
    • found: Ri︠a︡polova, V. A. U.B. Ĭeĭts i irlandskai︠a︡ khudozhestvennai︠a︡ kulʹtura, 1985:p. 5 (Uilʹi︠a︡m Batler Ĭeĭts)
    • found: Shishah maḥazot u-frozah, c1968:t.p. (Ṿilyam Baṭler Yeṭs [voc.])
    • found: Is the order of R.R. & A.C. to remain a magical order? 1891:p. 30 (signed at end: D.E.D.I.)
    • found: Wade, A. A bibliography of the writings of W.B. Yeats. 3rd ed., 1968:no. 33 ("The order Rubidae Rosae & Aureae Crucis was apparently a section of the Order of the Golden Dawn, the mystical society to which Yeats belonged. Each member adopted a motto, usually in Latin, and was known in the Order by the initials of the motto; Yeats was Daemon Est Deus Inversus")
    • found: Wei jian feng, 2004:t.p. (W.B. Yeats; 威廉,巴特勒,叶芝 = Weilian Batele Yezhi)
    • found: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 3 June 2014(Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939), poet, was born on 13 June 1865 at 1 George's Ville, 5 Sandymount Avenue, Dublin, the eldest child of John Butler Yeats (1839-1922) and Susan Mary, née Pollexfen (1841-1900); he died at Roquebrune on the Riviera on 28 January 1939)
    • found: Nobel Foundation, WWW, viewed on May 23, 2019:The Nobel Prize in Literature 1923 (The Nobel Prize in Literature 1923 was awarded to William Butler Yeats "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation")

  • LC Classification

    • PR5900-PR5908

  • Editorial Notes

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    • [Non-Latin script references not evaluated.]

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  • Change Notes

    • 1978-12-22: new
    • 2021-09-09: revised

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