William Shakespeare - England

1564 - 1616 (aged 52)

English poet and playwright, now widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist.[1][2] He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard").

His surviving works consist of 38 plays,[b] 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems.

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