| Full Name |
George Bernard Shaw |
| Date of Birth |
26 July 1856 |
| Place of Birth |
Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of Death |
02 November 1950 |
| Place of Death |
Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence |
Irish, British |
| Education |
Largely self-educated |
| Profession |
Playwright, critic, polemicist |
| Years of Activity |
1879-1950 |
| Brief Information |
He was an Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist. He wrote more than 60 plays, including "Pygmalion" and "Saint Joan". Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 for his work, which often featured social and political criticism. |