W B Yeats
/ˌdʌbljuː biː ˈjeɪts/
/ˌdʌbljuː biː ˈjeɪts/
- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) a leading Irish writer of poetry, plays and stories. His best-known works of poetry include The Wild Swans at Coole (1917), The Winding Stair (1933) and Collected Poems (1933). His plays include The Land of Heart's Desire (1894) and The Green Helmet (1910), and several were written to be performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, which he helped to establish. His book of stories, The Celtic Twilight, created a lot of interest in traditional Irish stories. Yeats was also much involved in politics as a nationalist and became a Senator in the Irish parliament (1922-8). He received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1923.
WB叶芝：威廉·巴特勒·叶芝（1865-1939）是爱尔兰诗歌，戏剧和故事的著名作家。他最著名的诗歌作品包括《库尔的野天鹅》（1917年），《上楼梯》（1933年）和《诗集》（1933年）。他的作品包括《心灵的土地》（1894年）和《绿色头盔》（1910年），其中几部被写成在都柏林的修道院剧院演出，他帮助建立了这座剧院。他的故事书《凯尔特人的暮光之城》引起了人们对爱尔兰传统故事的极大兴趣。叶芝（Yeats）作为民族主义者也参与政治活动，并成为爱尔兰议会（1922-8）的参议员。他于1923年获得诺贝尔文学奖。