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W. B. Yeats
W. B. Yeats (1865–1939) was an Irish poet and playwright who drew on Irish mythology and folklore, helped found the Abbey Theatre, served in the Irish Free State Senate, and received the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Biographical source
Biographical background
Academy of American Poets — W. B. Yeats biography
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