George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, and political activist who became one of the most influential figures in Western theatre from the 1880s onward. A prominent member of the Fabian Society, he wrote over sixty plays, including "Arms and the Man" (1894), "Man and Superman" (1902), "Pygmalion" (1913), and "Saint Joan" (1923). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and later won an Academy Award for his "Pygmalion" screenplay (1938), making him the only person to receive both honors.
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