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✍️ Famous Authors
🏴 William Shakespeare
England's greatest playwright and poet; invented 1,700+ English words still in use today
England 1564 Famous Authors
✍️ Key Facts
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Wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets and 5 long poems between 1590–1613; born in Stratford-upon-Avon
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Co-owner of the Globe Theatre (built 1599); an actor as well as playwright
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Most quoted writer in the English language; his works have been translated into every major language
Shakespeare invented words now used every day: bedroom, lonely, generous, eyeball, swagger, and gossip
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✍️ Famous Authors
Country/Origin
🏴 England
Year / Era
1564
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England's greatest playwright and poet; invented 1,700+ English words still in use today