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William Shakespeare (
baptised 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an
English poet and
playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the
English language and the world's preeminent dramatist.
[Greenblatt, Stephen (2005). Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare. London: Pimlico, 11. ISBN 0712600981.]
• Bevington, David (2002) Shakespeare, 1–3. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0631227199.
• Wells, Stanley (1997). Shakespeare: A Life in Drama. New York: W. W. Norton, 399. ISBN 0393315622. He is often called England's
national poet and the "
Bard of
Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38
plays, 154
sonnets, two long
narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
