William Butler Yeats10 December 1923
Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for inspired poetry expressing the spirit of Ireland.
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Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for inspired poetry expressing the spirit of Ireland.
Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for humane, idealistic, and sharply satirical writing.
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