威廉·勃特勒·叶芝(1865~1939年),爱尔兰著名诗人和戏剧家,20世纪初爱尔兰文艺复兴运动的领导人之一。由于他的“始终富于灵感的诗歌,并以高度的艺术形式表达了整个民族的精神”而获得1923年度诺贝尔文学奖。他的诗作对当代英国诗歌的发展有过重大影响。叶芝出生在一个画家家庭,自幼接受文艺方面的熏陶。在都柏林上中学时期就开始写诗。叶芝成名 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), a renowned Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the leaders of the Irish Renaissance movement of the early 20th century. He won the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature for his “Always Inspiring Poems and Expressing the Spirit of the Nation Through a High Art Form.” His poetry has had a significant influence on the development of contemporary English poetry. Yeats was born in a painter family, influenced by literature and art since childhood. She started writing poetry in high school in Dublin. Yeats fame