George Bernard Shaw - Nobel Prize in Literature — 1925
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George Bernard Shaw

Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature — 1925
for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ireland Ireland United Kingdom United Kingdom
Languages
English
date of birth
7/26/1856
place of birth
Dublin
date of death
11/2/1950
place of death
Ayot St Lawrence
Lived
94 years
field of work
  • fine art
notable work
  • Saint Joan
  • Pygmalion
  • Caesar and Cleopatra
  • Mrs. Warren's Profession
member of
  • Royal Society of Literature
occupation
  • prose writer
  • pacifist
  • theatre critic
  • screenwriter
  • writer
  • photographer
  • Nobel Prize winner
  • politician
  • playwright
  • biographer
  • music critic
  • literary critic
  • socialist
  • essayist
  • linguist
educated at
  • Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
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