ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -William Shakespeare, born April 26 1564 and died April 23 1616, was the greatest English writer in history. Also called the “Bard of Avon” (Bard is a poet and Avon is the town he lived in), his works have been translated and performed in every language on earth.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first person to assign the nickname of ‘’The Bard” to Shakespeare is thought to have been David Garrick, an actor, in a poem that he wrote in 1769.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the most prolific and iconic writers in the English language and also the world’s greatest dramatist, William Shakespeare was born this day in 1564. He is popularly called the Bard of Avon since he was born and raised in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire.

Detailed explanation-4: -William Shakespeare has been known as “The Bard” since the nineteenth century, but the word has a much older history, and, when it’s not capitalized, it simply means “lyric poet."