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George Bernard Shaw
Full Name of the recipient | George Bernard Shaw |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Literature |
Year of Award | 1925 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
Award Shared with | |
Motivation for the Award | for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty |
Place of Birth | Dublin, Ireland IRL |
Date of Birth | 26 July 1856 |
Age at the time of Award | 68 years |
Place of Death | Ayot St. Lawrence, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Death | 2 November 1950 |