| Full Name |
William Butler Yeats |
| Date of Birth |
13 June 1865 |
| Place of Birth |
Sandymount, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of Death |
28 January 1939 |
| Place of Death |
Menton, France |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence |
Irish |
| Education |
National College of Art and Design, Dublin; Earlsfort House School, Dublin |
| Profession |
Poet, playwright, writer |
| Years of Activity |
1885-1939 |
| Brief Information |
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival. Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. |