George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923).
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Dublin
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Awards
- 🏆 Nobel Prize in Literature🏆 Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
"There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it."
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Timeline
1856
Born
Birth1950
Died
Death
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