Shaw was born in Dublin and initially worked as a clerk before moving to London to establish himself as a music and theater critic and then to write his own works. Several people had a significant influence on him—including Shelley, whose works inspired Shaw to become a vegetarian, and Marx, whose *Capital* he described as a turning point in his career. He shares a unique distinction with Bob Dylan: as a Briton, he received both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar (for Best Screenplay for the film adaptation of *Pygmalion*). Shaw was a guest in Bad Kissingen in 1912. He arrived on August 4 with his wife and a maid from London, along with the writer’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Hugh Cholmondeley. The poet had merely accompanied the two sisters and was there to proofread the first galley proofs of his *Pygmalion*. On August 9, he wrote, among other things: “I, too, drank of the water—just a sip, and that was enough for the rest of my life.”
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