What is George Bernard Shaw?
{{nobelprize|Literature}} {{Infobox writer | name = George Bernard Shaw | image = George Bernard Shaw 1936.jpg | caption = Shaw in 1936 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1856|7|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|11|2|1856|7|26|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Ayot St Lawrence]], [[Hertfordshire]], England | occupation = Playwright, critic, political activist | nationality = [[Ireland|Irish]] | genre = [[Satire]], [[black comedy]] | movement = [[Ibsenism]], [[Naturalism (literature)|naturalism]] | alma_mater = [[Wesley College, Dublin]] | awards = {{awd|[[Nobel Prize in Literature]]|1925}} {{awd|[[Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay]]|1938|[[Pygmalion (1938 film)|Pygmalion]]}} | signature = George Bernard Shaw signature.svg }} '''George Bernard Shaw''' (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] writer. He won the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 1925. His best known works are his plays, some of which were made into movies. He wrote many plays about political problems, and those [[polemic]] plays sometimes gave him enemies. For example, he wrote a play about [[prostitution]], and another about [[women's rights]]. His play ''[[Saint Joan]]'' was made into a movie in 1957. His play ''[[Pygmalion]]'' was made into a movie twice. The first ''Pygmalion'' movie won him an [[Academy Award]] for the best adapted [[screenplay]], 1938. Later, the play was also made into a musical play called ''[[My Fair Lady]]''. The movie based on that musical won 8 Academy Awards in 1964. Shaw was the first person to win both a [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] and an [[Academy Award]].<ref> {{cite book | last = Gibbs | first = A. M. | title = Bernard Shaw: a life (pp. 375–376) | publisher = University Press of Florida | year = 2005| location = Gainesville, FL | pages = 554 | url = http://www.upf.com | isbn = 0-8130-2859-0}} </ref> Shaw also wrote [[musical criticism]] using the pseudonym (made-up name) Corno di Bassetto (which means: [[Ba