W.B.Yeats

statesman
W. B. Yeats's "On Being Asked for a War Poem" perhaps best sums up the reaction of many American poets, editors, publishers, and readers of...

WilliamButlerYeats

 (Dublin)
married, Senator of the Irish Free State, born in Dublin, Ireland, on June 13, 1865, died on January 28, 1939, master of the traditional verse forms, appointed to the Irish Senate in 1922
William Butler Yeats (pronounced "Yates") ( 13 June , 1865 - 28 January , 1939 ) was an Irish poet , dramatist , mystic and public figure . Yeats...
Patrick Kavanagh

Patrick Kavanagh

male, deceased (1967)
Myles na gCopaleen, W. B. Yeats, raglan road, Irish Times, shoemaker, stanza
Patrick Kavanagh (21 October 1904 - 30 November 1967) was an Irish poet. He was born in Inniskeen,County Monaghan, the son of a shoemaker and small...
Rupert Brooke

Rupert Brooke

male, deceased (1915)
W. B. Yeats, Sonneteers, islomaniac, Killed in action, Old Rugbeian, Royal Navy officer
Rupert Chawner Brooke (August 3, 1887 - April 23, 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic "War Sonnets" written during the First World...
Austin Clarke

Austin Clarke

male, deceased (1974)
W. B. Yeats, English, Playwright, Irish, Irish poet, Abbey Theatre
Austin Clarke (May 9 1896-March 19 1974) was one of the leading Irish poets of the generation after W. B. Yeats. He also wrote plays, novels and...
Oliver St. John Gogarty

Oliver St. John Gogarty

male, deceased (1957)
Roman Catholic, Bohemian F.C. player, bohemian, W. B. Yeats, physician, surgeon
Oliver Joseph St John Gogarty (August 17, 1878 - September 22, 1957) was an Irish physician and ear surgeon, who was also a poet and writer, one of...
Kathleen Raine

Kathleen Raine

female, deceased (2003)
W. B. Yeats, Women poet, English women writer, Natural Sciences, northumberland, English
Kathleen Jessie Raine was a British poet, critic and independent scholar writing in particular on William Blake and W. B. Yeats. She was born in...
Lennox Robinson

Lennox Robinson

male, deceased (1958)
W. B. Yeats, from County Cork, poet, Anglican, Playwright, Anglo-irish
Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson was an Irish dramatist, poet and theatre producer and director who was involved with the Abbey Theatre. Robinson was b...
Brenda Maddox

Brenda Maddox

female
W. B. Yeats, from Plymouth County, Massachusetts, From London, author, Non-fiction writer, Science writer…william butler yeats
Brenda Maddox is an American author, journalist, and biographer. Born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, she graduated from Harvard University with a...
Robert Gregory

Robert Gregory

male, deceased (1918)
artist, Irish, harrow school, boxing, padua, cricketer…W. B. Yeats
William Robert Gregory (born 20 May 1881 in County Galway, Ireland; died 23 January 1918 near Grossa, Padua, Italy) was an Irish cricketer and...