30) In which year, W. B Yeats received Nobel Prize in Literature?

William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939):
- Irish dramatist, poet, and critic.
- He is famous for his use of “Symbolism and Mysticism”.
- He wrote the preamble of Tagore's “Gitanjali” in 1912, which later got Nobel prize in 1913.
- W.B Yeats got the Nobel prize in 1923.

Major Works:
Famous Books of Poems:
- The Wild Swans at Coole,
- The Tower,
- The Cat and the Moon.
Poems:
- The Winding Stair and Other poems,
- The Resurrection,
- The Second Coming,
- Byzantium,
- The Lake Isle of Innisfree,
- Among School Children,
- The Lord of Harts,
- A Prayer for My Daughter,
- When You Are Old.
Drama:
- The Countess Cathleen,
- Cathleen in Houlihan.
‘The Countess Cathleen’ verse drama by William Butler Yeats, published in 1892 and performed in 1899.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica.