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  • PLACE OF DEATH: Ayot St. Lawrence, United Kingdom
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Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw wrote more than 60 plays during his lifetime, which earned him a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.

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George Bernard Shaw was born July 26, 1856, in Dublin, Ireland. In 1876 he moved to London. He wrote regularly, but struggled financially. In 1895, he became a theatre critic for the Saturday Review and he began writing plays. His play Pygmalion was later made into the film My Fair Lady. His screenplay won an Oscar. He later won a Nobel Prize. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 60 plays.

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