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.]