George Bernard Shaw, recipient of the 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was the youngest of three children born to George Carr and Lucinda Elisabeth Shaw.
George Bernard Shaw, recipient of the 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was the youngest of three children born to George Carr and Lucinda Elisabeth Shaw. His father was an alcoholic, and he had a difficult childhood as a result. He was educated at the Dublin English Scientific and Commercial Day School. He left at the age of 15 to work as a junior clerk. In 1884 he joined a socialist group called the Fabian Society. Later he became a critic for the SATURDAY REVIEW.
Shaw's first work, IMMATURITY, was published when he was 23. He first gained recognition as a writer with his 1904 publication JOHN BULL'S OTHER ISLAND. One of his most famous works, MAN AND SUPERMAN, was published a year later.
George Bernard Shaw died in Hertfordshire, England in 1950.
CHRONOLOGY
1856 He was born in Dublin, Ireland.
1876 He moved to London.
1879 IMMATURITY
1880 THE IRRATIONAL KNOT
1881 LOVE AMONG ARTISTS
1882 OUR CORNER: CASHEL BYRON'S PROFESSION
1883 AN UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST
1884 He joined the Fabian Society.
1889 FABIAN ESSAYS ON SOCIALISM
1891 THE QUINTESSENCE FO IBSENISM
1892 WIDOWER'S HOUSES
1893 He cowrote the party program for the Independent Labour party.
1894 ARMS AND THE MAN
1895 CASHEL BYRON'S PROFESSION; He became a drama critic for the SATURDAY REVIEW.
1897 CANDIDA; THE MAN OF DESTINY; THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE; He entered local government.
1898 THE PERFECT WAGNERITE; PLAYS PLESANT AND UNPLEASANT; THE PHILANDER; He married Charlotte Payne-Townshend.
1899 YOU NEVER CAN TELL
1900 FABIANISM AND THE EMPIRE; CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION
1901 CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA; THREE PLAYS FOR PURITANS
1902 MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION
1904 JOHN BULL'S OTHER ISLAND; THE COMMON SENSE OF MUNICIPAL TRADING
1905 MAN AND SUPERMAN; ON GOING TO CHURCH; MAJOR BARBARA
1906 DOCTOR'S DILEMMA; DRAMATIC OPINIONS AND ESSAYS; He moved with his wife to Ayot St. Lawrence.
1908 GETTING MARRIED
1910 MISALLIANCE; SOCIALISM AND SUPERIOR BRAINS
1911 FANNY'S FIRST PLAY
1912 OVERRULED; ANDROCLES AND THE LION
1913 GREAT CATHERINE; PYGMALION
1919 PEACE CONFERENCE HINTS
1920 HEARTBREAK HOUSE
1922 BACK TO METUSELAH
1923 SAINT JOAN
1925 IMPRISONMENT; He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1926 THE SOCIALISM OF SHAW
1928 THE INTELLIGENT WOMAN'S GUIDE TO SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM
1929 THE APPLE CART
1930 BERNARD SHAW AND KARL MARX
1931 WHAT I REALLY WROTE ABOUT THE WAR
1932 DOCTOR'S DELUSIONS, CRUDE CRIMINOLOGY, AND SHAM EDUCATION; ESSAYS IN FABIAN SOCIALISM; THE WORKS OF BERNARD SHAW; MAJOR CRITICAL ESAYS; TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD; OUR THEATRES IN THE NINETIES; MUSIC IN LONDON, 1890-94
1933 AMERICAN BOOBS
1934 PREFACES; VILLAGE WOOING
1935 THE SIMPLETON OF THE UNEXPECTED ISLES
1936 THE MILLIONAIRESS
1937 LONDON MUSIC IN 1888-1889
1939 "IN GOOD KING CHARLES'S GOLDEN DAYS"
1944 EVERYBODY'S POLITICAL WHAT'S WHAT
1948 SIXTEEN SELF-SKETCHES; BUOYANT BILLIONS
1950 FARFETCHED FABLES; He died in Hertfordshire, England. (November 2)
1952 PLAYS AND PLAYERS
1953 SELECTED PROSE
1955 SHAW ON MUSIC
1956 THE ILLUSIONS OF SOCIALISM
1958 SHAW ON THE THEATRE; AN UNFINISHED NOVEL
1959 SHAW'S DRAMATIC CRITICISM: 1895-1898
1960 HOW TO BECOME A MUSICAL CRITIC
1961 PLATFORM AND PUPIT; SHAW ON SHAKESPEARE
1962 THE MATTER WITH IRELAND; G.B.S. ON MUSIC
1963 RELIGIOUS SPEECHES
1964 HEARTBREAK HOUSE
1965 THE COMPLETE PREFACES OF BERNARD SHAW
1967 SHAW ON RELIGION
1969 SHAW: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, VOL 1
1970 SHAW: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, VOL 2
1971 THE ROAD TO EQUALITY
1973 COLLECTED MUSIC CRITICISM
1976 BERNARD SHAW'S PRACTICAL POLITICS
1977 THE PORTABLE BERNARD SHAW
1978 THE GREAT COMPOSERS
1980 THE COLLECTED SCREENPLAYS OF BERNARD SHAW
1981 EARLY TEXTS; SHAW'S MUSIC
1984 SHAW ON DICKENS
1985 AGITATIONS; THE DIARIES, 1885-1897
1987 SELECTED SHORTER PLAYS
1988 COLLECTED LETTERS, 1965-88
1991 BERNARD SHAW'S BOOK REVIEWS
1993 THE COMPLETE PREFACES; THE DRAMA OBSERVED
1996 UNPUBLISHED SHAW
