William Butler Yeats (; 13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and together with Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn founded the Abbey Theatre, and served as its chief during its early years. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, in his later years Yeats was an Irish Senator for two terms. In 1923, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation"."[LINK: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1923/] The Nobel Prize in Literature 1923". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved on 3 June, 2007. Yeats is generally considered one of the few writers whose greatest works were completed after being awarded the Nobel Prize;Frenz, Horst (Edit.). "

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