George Bernard Shaw.

George Bernard Shaw an Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman and a famous figure in the 20th century theater. Shaw was born in Dublin on 26 July 1856, he was a freethinker and advocate of equality of Income. His father George Carr Shaw was a corn miller and alcoholic, his family was not financially strong. He was largely self taught, went to school but can’t go to university.

Shaw was also a man of great character with great values, he was conferred the Nobel Prize for Literature, he accepted the honour but refused to take the money.
George also had an interest for socialism which forced him to join the   Social Democratic Federation, and become close with others in the movement including William Morris, Annie Besant, Eleanor Marx and few others.

Shaw did several things in life starting from working in an estate office in Dublin, he moved to London to test his hand on writing he wrote five unsuccessful novels in seven years. Later he got associated with a newspaper as journalist, meantime Shaw continued his works for society and voiced for equality of income and the equitable division of land and capital.

Shaw had a close relation with Dublin not only being his birth place but also as he was influenced by the place and its past very much. He also wrote many plays with politics as the centre themes during this period, all these play provoked the issues which he was trying to raise and make changes in the society at that time. By the time Shaw started to grow as a writer and his play also got recognition and praise. 

Some of his famous works include ‘Heratbreak House’ in 19191, ‘Back to Methuselah’ in 1921, ‘Saint Joan’ in 1923 and The ‘Apple Cart’ in 1929.  He wrote several such plays, and also contributed to write books and pamphlets on social and other issues. He served the literary world with some great works, he was committed to his works and his cause, he died on 2nd November 1950. His works are still read and praised such was the man.