![]() From 1900, Yeats' poetry grew more physical and realistic. ![]() His earliest volume of verse was published in 1889, and those slow paced and lyrical poems display debts to Edmund Spenser and Percy Bysshe Shelley, as well as to the Pre-Raphaelite poets. ![]() Those topics feature in the first phase of his work, which lasted roughly until the turn of the century. He studied poetry in his youth, and from an early age was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult. Yeats was born and educated in Dublin but spent his childhood in County Sligo. Yeats is generally considered one of the few writers who completed their greatest works after being awarded the Nobel Prize such works include The Tower (1928) and The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1929). In 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 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 was the first Irishman so honored. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years Yeats served as an Irish Senator for two terms. ![]() William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. ![]()
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