Shaw,George Bernard

Shaw,George Bernard
Shaw, George Bernard. 1856-1950.
Irish-born British playwright, essayist, and critic. A founder of the Fabian Society, a group of writers committed to promoting socialism, he wrote plays of iconoclastic social criticism, including Arms and the Man (1894), Pygmalion (1913), and Saint Joan (1923). He won the 1925 Nobel Prize for literature.

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  • Shaw, George Bernard — born July 26, 1856, Dublin, Ire. died Nov. 2, 1950, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, Eng. Irish playwright and critic. After moving to London in 1876, he worked for years as a music and art critic, wrote book and theatre reviews, and was an… …   Universalium

  • Shaw, George Bernard — ► (1856 1950) Autor dramático y ensayista irlandés. En sus obras dramáticas y en los prólogos ensayos que acostumbraba a añadir cuando se publicaban, exponía sus ideas sociales, políticas, estéticas y religiosas, que motivaron grandes polémicas.… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Shaw, George Bernard —    See Shaw on the American Stage …   The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • SHAW, George Bernard — (1856 1950)    Irish playwright and critic who, along with others, was the dominant figure in the influential FABIAN SOCIETY to advance democratic SOCIALISM through gradual REFORM. A strident critic of established RELIGION, he promoted his own… …   Concise dictionary of Religion

  • Shaw, George Bernard — (b. 1856)    Novelist, critic, and dramatist. Novels, The Irrational Knot, Cashel Byron s Profession, etc.; Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant (1898), Three Plays for Puritans (1900), Man and Superman (1903), The Doctor s Dilemma (1906), The Devil s… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • George Bernard Shaw — Shaw 1925 George Bernard Shaw (* 26. Juli 1856 in Dublin, Irland; † 2. November 1950 in Ayot Saint Lawrence, England), war ein irisch britischer Dramatiker, Politiker, Satiriker, Musikkritiker und Pazifist, der 1925 den Nobelpreis für Literatur… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • George Bernard Shaw — Nacimiento 26 de julio, 1856 …   Wikipedia Español

  • George Bernard Shaw — Infobox Writer name = George Bernard Shaw birthdate = Birth date|1856|7|26|df=yes birthplace = Dublin, Ireland deathdate = Death date and age|1950|11|2|1856|7|26|df=yes deathplace = Hertfordshire, England occupation = Playwright, critic,… …   Wikipedia

  • George Bernard Shaw — Pour les articles homonymes, voir George Shaw. George Bernard Shaw Georg …   Wikipédia en Français

  • George Bernard Shaw — noun British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856 1950) • Syn: ↑Shaw, ↑G. B. Shaw • Derivationally related forms: ↑Shavian (for: ↑Shaw) • Instance Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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