Statements (45)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
novelist
playwright critic |
gptkbp:associatedAct |
gptkb:The_Fabian_Society
gptkb:The_Independent_Labour_Party |
gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
|
gptkbp:birthDate |
1856-07-26
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gptkbp:deathDate |
1950-11-02
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gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Dublin_School
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gptkbp:famousQuote |
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." "We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future." A_government_that_robs_Peter_to_pay_Paul_can_always_depend_on_the_support_of_Paul. |
gptkbp:genre |
satire
drama comedy |
gptkbp:hasChild |
gptkb:George_Bernard_Shaw
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Graham Bernard Shaw
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gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:David_Mamet gptkb:Virginia_Woolf gptkb:George_Bernard_Shaw gptkb:T.S._Eliot gptkb:Christopher_Isherwood gptkb:Caryl_Churchill gptkb:John_Osborne Tom Stoppard Alan Ayckbourn |
gptkbp:influencedBy |
Henrik Ibsen
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gptkbp:nationality |
Irish
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gptkbp:notableFeature |
CBE
Order of Merit Honorary_Member_of_the_Royal_Academy_of_Arts Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Edinburgh Honorary_Doctorate_from_Trinity_College_Dublin |
gptkbp:notableWorks |
gptkb:Saint_Joan
gptkb:Man_and_Superman Pygmalion |
gptkbp:occupation |
essayist
playwright social critic |
gptkbp:placeOfBirth |
gptkb:Dublin,_Ireland
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath |
Ayot_St_Lawrence,_England
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gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Charlotte_Payne-Townsend
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