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William Shakepeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He often called " National England's poet" and the Bard of Avon or simply "The Bard".

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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. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. They also continue to be studied and reinterpreted.

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William Shakepeare married in the age 18, his wife is Anna Hathaway. He has three children: Susanda and twins Hamlet and Judith.

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Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men.
Some of Shakespeare's plays were published in quarto editions, beginning in 1594, and by 1598, his name had become a selling point and began to appear on the title pages. Shakespeare continued to act in his own and other plays after his success as a playwright. The 1616 edition of Ben Jonson's Works names him on the cast lists for "Every man in his humor" (1598) and "Sejanus his fall"(1603).

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In 1612, Shakespeare left London to return to his homeland after many years pursuing a career as a playwright and theater act. He may have noticed that the British theater scene was on the verge of falling into aristocracy, and with the amount of wealth accumulated over the years, it was enough for him to buy a house in his hometown and live his last day of life.
Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, at the age of 52. He died within a month of signing his will, a document which he begins by describing himself as being in "perfect health". No extant contemporary source explains how or why he died.
Shakespeare was buried in the chancel of the Holy Trinity Church two days after his death.