William Butler Yeats

Biography

William Butler Yeats was a seminal figure in 20th-century literature, driving the Irish Literary Revival and co-founding the Abbey Theatre with John Millington Synge and Lady Gregory. He won the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature and served two terms as Senator of the Irish Free State, cementing his legacy as one of Ireland's most celebrated writers. Born to a Protestant Anglo-Irish family, Yeats drew inspiration from Irish legends and the occult, shaping his distinctive poetic style.