George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays. Nearly all his writings address prevailing social problems, but have a vein of comedy which makes their stark the... More

Date of birth:

  • Jul 26, 1856

Date of death:

  • Nov 2, 1950 (age 94 years)

Also known as:

  • Bernard George,
  • George B Shaw
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Awards

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner Winning work Notes/Description
  • 1925
  • "for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty"
  • 1938
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Music

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KWType:

  • Person

Assessment:

  • Shaw was a great polemicist who made his plays a vehicle for his ideas.

Category:

  • unknown

Disciplines:

  • theatre
  • journalism

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