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1 day ago · His date of birth is unknown, but is traditionally observed on 23 April, Saint George's Day. [2] This date, which can be traced to William Oldys and George Steevens, has proved appealing to biographers because Shakespeare died on the same date in 1616.
1 day ago · Today is the birthday of Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska (1925). When he was four years old and living in East Lansing, Michigan, white supremacists set fire to the family’s home. The East Lansing police and firefighters—all white—came to the house when called, but stood by and watched it burn.
5 days ago · Stenberg has been playing the violin since they were in third grade, and hearing this version of the theme is so haunting and beautiful. When Star Wars composer John Williams was approached about Stenberg taking on the song, not only did he approve, but he reconfigured the song just for the occasion. Check it out below, and enjoy!
4 days ago · John Williams is not retiring, says he likes to ‘keep an open mind’ at age 91
5 days ago · Last Updated: May 21, 2024 • Article History. William Butler Yeats. Born: June 13, 1865, Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland. Died: January 28, 1939, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (aged 73) Founder: Abbey Theatre. Awards And Honors: Nobel Prize. Notable Works: “A Vision” “At the Hawk’s Well” “Cathleen ni Houlihan” “Easter 1916” “Four Plays for Dancers”
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- What was William Butler Yeats’s family like?William Butler Yeats’s father, John Butler Yeats, was a barrister who eventually became a portrait painter. His mother, formerly Susan Pollexfen, w...
- What did William Butler Yeats accomplish?Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer William Butler Yeats was the preeminent writer of the Irish literary renaissance at the turn of the 20th ce...
- What were William Butler Yeats’s goals?In his early writings, William Butler Yeats evoked a legendary and supernatural Ireland, more pagan than Christian. He hoped to instill pride in th...
3 days ago · Percy Bysshe Shelley ( / bɪʃ / ⓘ BISH; [1] [2] 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was a British writer who is considered as one of the major English Romantic poets.
3 days ago · Besides being an artist William Morris was a prolific writer of poetry, fiction, essays, and translations of ancient and medieval texts. His first poems were published when he was 24 years old, and he was polishing his final novel, The Sundering Flood, at the time of his death.
