He was awarded the nobel prize for literature in 1923 . with his friends lady gregory 18521932 and edward martyn 18591924 he established an irish national theatre the abbey theatre to create an identifiably irish literature in english 叶芝同他的朋友格里高利夫人（ lady gregory ） （ 1832 1952 ）和爱德华马汀（ edward martyn ） （ 1859 1924 ）一道创建了爱尔兰国家剧院（艾比剧院） ，创造了一种用英语写成的特性鲜明的爱尔兰文学。
