George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)

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About

George Bernard Shaw, born in Dublin in 1856, was a major Irish playwright, also a literary and music critic, and a socialist polemicist. A prominent member of the Fabian Society from 1884, he advocated gradual social reform and co-founded the London School of Economics. Author of more than sixty plays, he achieved early successes with works such as Arms and the Man and Pygmalion, which later inspired the musical My Fair Lady. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925, he refused the monetary award to fund the translation of Swedish literature. He also received an Oscar in 1938 for the film adaptation of Pygmalion, becoming the only person to hold both a Nobel and an Oscar.

* 1856-07-26 — † 1950-11-02

Major works

Widowers' Houses (1892)play
Arms and the Man (1894)play
Man and Superman (1905)play
Pygmalion (1913)play
Saint Joan (1923)play

Key milestones

1884Joined the Fabian Society and became its most prominent pamphleteer.
1925Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1938Won the Academy Award for Best Writing (Screenplay) for the film adaptation of Pygmalion.

Themes

Social criticismSocialismHypocrisyWomen's emancipationLife force

Sources: britannica.com · nobelprize.org

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”

— George Bernard ShawTheme · Personal Development

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“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”

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“We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

— George Bernard ShawTheme · Wisdom

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“' m k Successful people in this world are those who get up and look for circumstances they want. If you can't find them, then make them.”

— George Bernard ShawTheme · Success

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“Where are you going? What are you doing today to get there? You see things and say "Why?" but I dream of things that never were and say "Why not?" Great Quotes from Great Mh”

— George Bernard ShawTheme · Motivation

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“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

— George Bernard ShawTheme · Change

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“The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.”

— George Bernard ShawTheme · Literature

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“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.”

— George Bernard ShawTheme · Humor

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