Yeats, William Butler

William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. With Lady Gregory and others, he founded the Irish Literary Theatre, from which developed the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1896. His poetry includes Mosada (Dublin, Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1886); The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems (London, Kegan Paul, 1889) Crossways, 1889; The […]

Young, Augustus

Augustus Young is the pen name of James Hogan, who was born in Cork, in 1943. As Augustus Young, his poetry collections include Survival (Dublin, New Writers’ Press, 1969); On Loaning Hill (New Writers’ Press, 1972); The Credit: A Comedy Of Empeiria (London, Menard Press, 1980); The Credit: Book Two, Book Three (Advent/Menard 1986); Days […]

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