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1923
Nobel Prize in Literature 1923

William Butler Yeats

Ireland

William Butler Yeats received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, making them laureate number 23 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.

They are one of 4 laureates from Ireland.

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