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In December 1923, Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation". [75] Politically aware, he knew the symbolic value of an Irish winner so soon after Ireland had gained independence, and highlighted the fact at each available ...
This is a list of all works by Irish poet and dramatist W. B. (William Butler) Yeats (1865–1939), winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature and a major figure in 20th-century literature. Works sometimes appear twice if parts of new editions or significantly revised.
The following year however, Yeats was the main contender for the prize along with the Spanish playwright Jacinto Benavente, who was chosen as the recipient of the prize in 1922. In 1923 Yeats was again a leading candidate, this time competing with the English poet and novelist Thomas Hardy. Two members of the committee advocated a prize to ...
Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry – offered by the Library of Congress for the best book of poetry published by a living U.S. author during the preceding two years Bollingen Prize – offered by Yale University every two years to one or more living U.S. poets for the best collection published in that period, or for lifetime achievement in poetry
William Butler Yeats: 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Leinster, Ireland 28 January 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, France 1902: The Land of Heart's Desire (1894) Cathleen ni Houlihan (1902) The King's Threshold (1904) Deirdre (1907) The Green Helmet (1910) The Wild Swans at Coole (1919) The Tower (1928) Last Poems and Plays (1940 ...
1923 in poetry – W. B. Yeats is the first Irishman awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Edna St. Vincent Millay is the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; Birth of Brendan Behan, Yves Bonnefoy, Wisława Szymborska, Aco Šopov; 1924 in poetry – Birth of Yehuda Amichai, Janet Frame, Zbigniew Herbert
[5] 18 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the second highest number of any of the Nobel Prizes behind the Nobel Peace Prize. [6] [7] As of 2024, there have been 29 English-speaking laureates of the Nobel Prize in Literature, followed by French with 16 laureates and German with 14 laureates. France has the highest number of ...
The Tower is a book of poems by W. B. Yeats, published in 1928. The Tower was Yeats's first major collection as Nobel Laureate after receiving the Nobel Prize in 1923. It is considered to be one of the poet's most influential volumes and was well received by the public.