William Shakespeare
Name of Author: William Shakespeare
Born: April 26, 1564
Died: April 23, 1616 (at the age of 52)
Years Active: 1585–1613
Spouse (s): Anne Hathaway
Works: Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece and A Lover’s Complaint.
LEARN MORE ABOUT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE:
• Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
• He married 26 year old Anne Hathaway at the age of 18 and had three children with her: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith.
• He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon”.
• His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship.
• He mainly wrote tragedies story until 1608.
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