The Land of Heart's Desire Author:William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist and prose writer. One of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century, Yeats received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. 'The Land of Heart's Desire' (1894) remains one of his most famous dramas. This edition also includes a short selection of thematically relevant poe... more »try by Yeats, including 'The Stolen Child,' 'The Hosting of the Sidhe,' and more.« less