2-648-626 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'W. B. Yeats', c1900, (1934). William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) a prominent figure of the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years served as an Irish Senator for two terms. Yeats was a notable figure behind the Irish Literary Revival and cofounded the Abbey Theatre, where he served as its chief during its early years. In 1923, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Irishman to be honoured. From The Bookman - Special Christmas Number 1934. [Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1934]