WB Yeats
W.B. Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. His work, which ranges from folklore to modernist themes, has had a profound influence on poetry and is marked by his deep engagement with Irish identity and mythology.
Born on Jun 13, 1865 (159 years old)
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| Country | Mentions | Sentiment | Dominance | + Persistence | x Population | = Reach | x GDP (millions) | = Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 8.00 | 0.14% | +40% | 5,030,000 | 9,842 | $5,100 | 10$ |
| Totals | 2 | 5,030,000 | 9,842 | $5,100 | 10$ |
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Ireland:
Kevin Barry mentions WB Yeats in relation to the Abbey Theatre's history.
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Ireland:
WB Yeats spent his last days in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.
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Ireland:
WB Yeats was a notable witness for the plaintiff, describing O'Donnell as a 'novelist of great promise'.
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Ireland:
Poet, WB Yeats – by then a senator – travelled on Irish, not British documents, to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Ireland:
WB Yeats promoted the idea that William Blake was of Irish descent.
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Ireland:
The author references WB Yeats in the context of asking what values might be founded upon in an enlightened republic.
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Ireland:
WB Yeats suggested that Casimir Markievicz's plays were the work of a man who struggled with English.
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Ireland:
As in the WB Yeats poem, to hear the call of Plato’s ghost and ask 'what then?'.
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Ireland:
My parents gave me a first edition of WB Yeats’s Irish Fairy Tales for my 50th birthday.
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Ireland:
WB Yeats is mentioned as having his best work still to come in 1896.
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