Other names
W.B. Yeats
Birth date
Death date
Wikidata QID
Q40213
Summary

Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)

Events involving this person

Writer recounts Yeats composing from his characters
Description
He relates what a writer he admires but has never met said about critics never agreeing, and that writer's report of Yeats saying he never writes for the reader but only sets down what his character tells him — as Shakespeare was educated by his own characters.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
  • before 1967 (possible)
  • before 7 April 1967
Told
7 April 1967
Sources
  • Source: Put On the Lord Jesus Christ ¶22 (I have a friend…I wouldn’t call him a friend… I dare say if I met him, I would be a very dear friend of his because he’s a friend of so many I love. He spoke of William Butler Yeats and he spoke of A.E., George Russell, and he spoke of all these great Ir…)