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William Butler Yeats
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Born
June 13
,
1865
·
Sandymount, County Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]
Died
January 28
,
1939
·
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Mini Bio
William Butler Yeats was born on June 13, 1865 in Sandymount, County Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. He was a writer, known for
Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers (1994)
,
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
and
Echoes
. He was married to Georgiana Hyde-Lees. He died on January 28, 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France.
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Georgiana Hyde-Lees
(October 21, 1917 - January 28, 1939) (his death)
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Irish poet and playwright (26 plays).
Won the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature.
His surname is pronounced YATES.
His name is mentioned in
The Cranberries
' song "Yeat's Grave" from the album "No Need To Argue".
He allegedly declined a British knighthood in 1915.
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Why should we honor those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.
In dreams begins responsibility.
Think where man's glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends.
Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.
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