W.B. Yeats

William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was an Irish poet and playwright, among the foremost literary figures of the twentieth century.

His poetry draws on Irish mythology, occult symbolism, and the politics of Irish nationalism.

He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.

Major works include "The Second Coming," "Sailing to Byzantium," and the play *Cathleen ni Houlihan*.