George Bernard Shaw in Dubrovnik

G.B. Shaw (1856. - 1950.) was born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, and died at the age of 94.

He is probably Ireland's most famous playwright whose masterpiece is Saint Joan but is best-known for Pygmalion, musical My Fair Lady. During his long life he wrote numerous plays; over 50 of them. A powerful public speaker with great wit, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. He was in love with the city of Dubrovnik.