Stephan haggard biography of william butler

William Butler Yeats published his first works in the mids while a student at Dublin's Metropolitan School of Art. In , he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Yeats, who died in , is remembered as one of the leading Western poets of the 20th century. Although John trained as a lawyer, he abandoned the law for art soon after his first son was born.

Yeats spent much of his early years in London, where his father was studying art, but frequently returned to Ireland as well. In the mids, Yeats pursued his own interest in art as a student at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin.

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Following the publication of his poems in the Dublin University Review in , he soon abandoned art school for other pursuits. He also became acquainted with Maud Gonne, a supporter of Irish independence. This revolutionary woman served as a muse for Yeats for years. He even proposed marriage to her several times, but she turned him down.

He dedicated his drama The Countess Cathleen to her.