Shaw, George Bernard
1856-1950 94 years
1856-1950 94 years
British writer, essayist, social critic, playwright, etc....
born Dublin, Ireland
father: wholesale grain trader
mother: 16 years younger, her father was an
impoverished landowner.
2 sisters
moved to London, and lived there for 30 years
married to a wealthy (?) woman, lived with her until her
death
Nobel Prize for Literature 1925
hated, and never used the name "George", only
Bernard. "George Bernard Shaw" was used after his
death.
vegetarian, no alcohol, or smoking.
member of the Fabian Society, an upper-middle class
English group of "progressive thinkers".
numerous output of writings, Pygmalion, Saint John,
Major Barbara, etc...
died in England, cremated.
born Dublin, Ireland
father: wholesale grain trader
mother: 16 years younger, her father was an
impoverished landowner.
2 sisters
moved to London, and lived there for 30 years
married to a wealthy (?) woman, lived with her until her
death
Nobel Prize for Literature 1925
hated, and never used the name "George", only
Bernard. "George Bernard Shaw" was used after his
death.
vegetarian, no alcohol, or smoking.
member of the Fabian Society, an upper-middle class
English group of "progressive thinkers".
numerous output of writings, Pygmalion, Saint John,
Major Barbara, etc...
died in England, cremated.
| YouTube video of Shaw speaking--0:15 |
| George Bernard Shaw is reported to have said: I would rather be first in hell than second in heaven. Hell is not a bad place if you are the first and foremost. Even heaven will look dull if you are just standing somewhere in a queue, a nobody. And Bernard Shaw is right. This is how the human mind functions... --Osho My Way: The Way of the White Clouds, ch. 5 |
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