![]() He made a name for himself as a music critic, and soon he was writing criticisms of art, literature, and drama. He read voraciously, and he frequented the National Gallery of Dublin, where he studied art and history.Īt age twenty, Shaw made the trip to London to begin a literary career. ![]() But he had a passion for learning, so Shaw gave himself an informal education. The young Shaw disliked organized education at age fourteen, he decided the whole schooling system was valueless and promptly dropped out. Through his mother, Shaw gained an appreciation for classical music that he later credited as the base interest which led to his eventual successes. Today, his works are studied in literature classes worldwide and are considered classics of modern drama.īorn July 26, 1856, in Dublin, Ireland, Shaw was given a Protestant upbringing by his father, a civil servant, and his mother, a music teacher and a vocalist. A noted social reformer, Shaw wrote plays which dramatized social commentaries, and in 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his achievements. ![]() ![]() Though he is best known as a playwright, Shaw was also a respected critic, journalist, novelist, and essayist. George Bernard Shaw is perhaps one of the most prolific writers of the modern era. ![]()
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