Authors, Poets & Novelists Posters & Prints, “X...-Y...-Z...-”
for literature, language arts and social studies classrooms and home schoolers.

William Butler Yeats
b. 6-13-1865; Ireland
d. 1-28-1939

William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and dramatist, was one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century and awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature. He had life-long interest in mysticism that were further fueled by the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg. He was infatuated with Maud Gonne, attended the salons of Mallarme in Paris, and served as an Irish senator.

William Butler Yeats quotes ~
• “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
• “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
• “How can we know the dancer from the dance?”
• “In dreams begins responsibility.”

• The Yeats Reader, Revised Edition : A Portable Compendium of Poetry, Drama, and Prose
• Irish Writers composite poster

Charlotte Mary Yonge
b. 8-11-1823; England
d. 5-24-1901

Charlotte Mary Yonge, much respected and read in the 19th century, has lost much of her standing. Today, The Heir of Redclyffe and The Daisy Chain are in print.

Charlotte Mary Yonge quote ~
• “When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history.”

Emile Zola
b. 4-2-1840; France
d. 9-29-1902

Emile Zola, 19th Century French novelist in the literary school of naturalism, wrote an open letter accusing the French government of anti-semitism in the wrongful imprisonment of Alfred Dreyfus.

Emile Zola quotes ~
• “I am here to live out loud.”
• “The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.”
• “Tis better to plumb the depths of unity than forever scratch the surface of variety.”
• “If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through it will blow up everything in its way.”

• more Emile Zola posters
• more Writers Who Changed the World posters