George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Awarded the Prize “for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty.”

British dramatist and critic. Shaw was born in Dublin on July 26, 1856. His education was irregular, due to his dislike of any organized training. After working in an estate agent’s office for a while he moved to London in 1876, where he established himself as a leading music and theatre critic and became a prominent member of the Fabian Society. He began his literary career as a novelist, then he decided to write plays. Shaw died in Hertfordshire, England on November 2, 1950.
Major Works:
Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant (1898); Candida (1898); Caesar and Cleopatra (1901); Man and Superman (1903); The Doctor’s Dilemma (1906); Androcles and the Lion (1912); Pygmalion (1912); Saint Joan (1923)