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George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1856)

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George Bernard Shaw

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

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…
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Nobel Prize in Literature

Prize established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning for Literature, is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most…
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November 2

Day of the year

November 2 is the 306th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 59 days remain until the end of the year.
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