Born: 13 June 1865 · Died: 28 January 1939 · Age at death: 73
How old was William Butler Yeats when he died?
William Butler Yeats died aged 73. He was born on 13 June 1865 and died on 28 January 1939.
Irish poet and playwright of The Second Coming and Easter, 1916, a leader of the Irish Literary Revival and Nobel laureate
Did you know?He was a lifelong student of the occult and was a prominent member of a secret society known as the Golden Dawn.
Quick facts
Date of birth13 June 1865
Date of death28 January 1939
Age at death73
NationalityIrish
BirthplaceSandymount, Ireland
Occupationpoet, playwright, writer
Editor's Take:
Yeats was a poet who kept reinventing himself. He began with dreamy verse steeped in Irish myth, then became a powerful voice of modern Ireland. His poems about love, politics and ageing are among the most quoted in English. He helped found Dublin's Abbey Theatre and served as a senator in the new Irish state. Lines like "things fall apart" still shape how we talk about crisis.
Key Milestones
1889: The Wanderings of Oisin – early poems
1904: Abbey Theatre – co-founder
1916: Easter, 1916 – famous poem
1919: The Second Coming – "things fall apart"
William Butler Yeats ( YAYTS; 13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature.
William Butler Yeats's birthday is June 13. He was born on June 13, 1865 in Sandymount, Ireland.
How old was William Butler Yeats when he died?
William Butler Yeats died on January 28, 1939, aged 73.
Who shares a birthday with William Butler Yeats?
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