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NAME: GEORGE.R.R MARTÍN

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
20, September  ,1948 (edad 74, años). He was born in Bayonne  (New Jersey)

SHORT BIOGRAPHY:

He is the eldest of three brothers. He grew up in a working family, his father was a docker of Italian-German descent, and his mother, of Irish descent.From childhood he was interested in reading and became a precocious writer of stories.

WORKS

1. Juego de tronos (A Game of Thrones) (1996)

2. Choque de reyes (A Clash of Kings) (1998)

3. Tormenta de espadas (A Storm of Swords) (2000)

4. Festín de cuervos (A Feast for Crows) (2005)

5. Danza de dragones (A Dance with Dragons) (2011)

6. Vientos de invierno (The Winds of Winter) (en desarrollo)

7. Sueño de primavera (A Dream of Spring) (anunciada)

ANECDOTE:

“I love turtles. My writing career started with turtles."
George R.R. Martin: "I decided that they would compete for the turtle throne, kill each other and compete to see who would be King. This was my first fantasy: turtle castle. It predates Game of Thrones by many years."

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NAME: MARIA CALLCOT- MARIA GRAHAM  (MARIA DUNDAS)

DATE AND PLACE OF BRITH OR DEATH: She was born on July 19, 1785 in Cumberland (Kingdon of Great Britain) and died on November 21, 1842 London (United Kingdom of Gran Britain) the cause of her death was tuberculosis.

SHORT BLOGRAPHY: Lady Maria Cllcot, previously Maria Graham, born Maria Dundas, was en English writer, ilustrator and naturalist, author of travel books and children’s literature. She left memories of her journeys to India, Italy, Chile and Brazil in which she vivedly describes those places during the first half of the nineteenth century, and recounts her experiences xith personalities such as Jose de San Martín, King Jhon VI of Portugal and Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, wirh whom she maintained a relationship and of her fruit a daughter named Maria II of Portugal who was a govern.

WORKS (MINIMUM 2) AND A SHORTS SUMMARY:

· MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF NICHOLAS POUSSIN (1820): this book is about life of Nicholas Poussin.

· A SCRIPTURE HERBAL (1842): this booh is about medicinal herbs.

ANECDOTE: in 1831, during a trip to Italy, Maria Callcott suffered a ruptured blood vessel and was relatively immobilized, so she had to return to Kensigton. Until her death, she remained in bed or sitting. She could no longer travel, but she could continue with her writing and cultivating her relationships with the intellectuals around her.

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- Name: AGATHA CHRISTIE

- Date and place of birth or death: He died on January 12 in Winterbrook, UK.

Born on September 15, Torquay, UK.

- Short biography: She was a British dramatist and writer of detective novels.

She was born in September 1890 in Torquay, UK, into a middle-class family. His childhood would be spent happily and calmly, in a Catholic and esoteric home, since her mother Clara was a woman with extrasensory perceptions. Something that would later influence his stories, reflecting her interest in spiritualism and paranormal phenomena.

While World War I was going on, she helped in a hospital dispensary, something that would inspire him to write one of his first detective stories entitled The Mysterious Case of Styles (1920), where the victims died of poisoning.

After reading some works by Wilkie Collins and the stories of Sherlock Holmes, Christie became even more established to write his detective stories, for which he would write his novels: The Mysterious Mr. Brown (1922) and Murder on the Golf Course (1923). But his great success came from 1926 with the publication of The Assassination of Roger Ackroyd, which attracted attention for its surprising outcome.

Other important works by the author are: Murder on the Orient Express (1934), Death on the Nile (1937), Witness for the Prosecution (1948), and The Mousetrap (1952).

- Works and a short summary:

THE MURDER OF ROGER ROGER  ACKROY:

In a small and sleepy fictional British town, King's Abbot, a lady—Mrs Ferrars—murders her husband and is a victim of extortion until she, unable to take it anymore, commits suicide. The man she loved, Roger Ackroyd, receives a letter that reveals the name of the extortionist who led him to such a fateful outcome. But before even learning the character's identity, Roger Ackroyd is murdered. Poirot, recently retired to King's Abbott, is called in to try to solve the dark case.

The novel is written as a narration by one of the townspeople, Dr. Sheppard. The end of the novel is considered one of the most surprising and unexpected of the entire Agatha Christie collection.

CROOKED HOUSE

Aristides Leonides, a Greek billionaire, moved to England where he built the Crooked House, a palace with a curious structure where he hosted his entire family, from his children to his grandchildren and nephews.

Sophia Leónides, her granddaughter, wins the heart of Charles, the son of a Scotland Yard detective, and when her grandfather is killed by an injection of esterine by a family member, she asks her boyfriend to investigate the case. Charles will live by and for the case in order to marry his beloved Sophia, and when they believe that everything is over, there will be a new murder.

Thus begins a story of secrets and mysteries within a powerful and closed family. At the end of the novel, when the most important secret is revealed, we discover that the murderer is one of the least expected characters, which makes the novel an excellent and mysterious masterpiece, considered by Agatha Christie his best work.

- Anecdote: She begins to write mystery novels thanks to her great knowledge about drugs, medicines for having a great work history in hospitals.

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NAME:
George Orwell

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH OR DEATH:
June 25, 1903, Bengal, India.

SHORT BIOGRAPHY:
Eric Arthur Blair (his real name) was born in Bengal, his father was a minor British official in the indian civil service, his mother was the daughter of an unsuccesful teak merchant in Burma.
He returned with his parents to England and was sent in 1911 to a preparatory boarding school, where he was distinguished among the other boys by his intellectual brillance.
He began his writing career as George Orwell (a name inspired by the River Orwell).
He was wounded fighting in the Spanish Civil War, leading to his first period of illness on return to England. He worked during the Second World War as a journalist.
During the final years of his life he worked on 1984 (his most famous book) and it was published in June 1949, less than a year before his death.

WORKS AND A SHORT SUMMARY:
1984: It is a dystopian novella, which follows the life of Winston Smith, a low ranking member of 'the Party', who is frustrated by the omnipresent eyes of the party, and its ominous ruler Big Brother. 'Big Brother' controls every aspect of people's lives, while he gives in to his natural curiosity and desire to be free.
Animal Farm: It tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. The rebellion is betrayed by a pig named Napoleon.

ANECDOTE:
His real name is Eric Arthur Blair, he was so influent that the word orwellian appears in the dictionary in reference to the distópic book 1984.

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Name

Charles Johan Huffan Dickens

Date and place of birth or death

He was born in Portsmouth on the 7th February 1812 and he died in Gads Hill Place, on the 9th January 1870.

Short biography

Charles Dickens was a 19th century British writer, born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth, England, and died on June 9, 1870 in Higham, Kent, England.

Dickens had a difficult childhood, as his father was imprisoned for debt when he was just 12 years old. This led to Charles working in a shoe polish factory while his family lived in jail with his father.

Despite these difficulties, Dickens became a prolific and highly influential writer in his time. He is known for his novels like "Oliver Twist", "David Copperfield", "Great Expectations", "Bleak House" and "A Tale of Two Cities".

His works reflect his concern for poverty and social injustice, and his literary style is known for its humor, satire, and vivid depictions of life in Victorian England.

Dickens was also a social activist and worked to improve the living conditions of the poor and the sick. He traveled the world giving talks and readings of his works, and was very popular in his time.

Today, Charles Dickens is considered one of the greatest writers in the English language and his works continue to be widely read and appreciated throughout the world.

Works (minimum 2) and a short summary

-The litle Dombey(1846–1848)

Little Dombey" is a novel by Charles Dickens that tells the story of Paul Dombey Jr., the only son of a wealthy and powerful businessman, and his struggle to find his place in a world dominated by ambition and greed.

The story begins with the birth of Paul, an event long awaited by his father, who considers that the arrival of a son is essential for the continuity of his business empire. However, Paul's mother dies shortly after giving birth, triggering a series of tragic events that will profoundly affect the young man's life.

As he grows older, Paul displays extraordinary intelligence and sensitivity, but his father sees him more as an object of prestige than a son to love. Paul feels increasingly alone and isolated, and his health begins to deteriorate.

The plot thickens with the arrival of new characters, such as Paul's nurse, his father's maiden aunt, and a mysterious Dombey company employee. All of them will influence the fate of the young Dombey and that of his father.

Throughout the novel, Dickens explores themes such as the importance of love and family, the struggle for power and money, and gender and social inequality. In the end, "Little Dombey" is a moving and insightful story about the value of human relationships in an increasingly dehumanized world.

-David Coperfield (1849–1850).

David Copperfield" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Charles Dickens that tells the story of a young orphan named David, from his childhood to his adulthood. The plot follows the life of the protagonist as he struggles to overcome poverty, loneliness, and adversity. and achieve your dreams and goals.

David is born into a poor working-class family, but his father dies before he is born and his mother marries a cruel and abusive man named Edward Murdstone. David suffers at the hands of Murdstone and his sister, and is forced to work in a button factory in London.

Eventually, David flees the factory and travels to Dover, where he meets his aunt, the kind Betsey Trotwood, and Mr. Dick, an eccentric with memory problems. With her help, David is sent to a school, where he meets his best friend, James Steerforth, and the humble but wise Uriah Heep.

As David grows older, he falls in love with a young woman named Dora Spenlow, but their marriage proves to be an unhappy one due to Dora's lack of compatibility and emotional fragility. After Dora's death, David marries his childhood friend, Agnes Wickfield, who helps him find the stability and happiness he longs for.

"David Copperfield" is a novel with a wide variety of unforgettable characters, and explores themes such as family, friendship, education, love, pain and redemption. With its vivid prose and emotional depth, the novel is considered one of Charles Dickens' masterpieces and one of the great novels of English literature.

Anecdote

Charles Dickens was such a famous writer in England that his last name defines his own literature. Dickensian is an adjective that can be used in English.

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Name: Virginia Woolf
Date and place of birth: January 25, 1882 Kensington, London, UK
Date and place of death: March 28, 1941 Lewes, UK
Short biography:

Virginia Woolf has become a myth of literature and feminism. He considered the appearance of literary women as something very positive. His life was marked by constant emotional instability, even considering suicide. The author saw herself reflected in the characters in her works in which most of them are seized by depression and skepticism. Virginia was terrified of loneliness, was highly self-critical, and habitually felt the thought of guilt.

All his frustration and courage was reflected in everything he wrote. Within a short time, he became a significant figure in London literary society. The writer was willing to break the narrative schemes.
Throughout her career she wrote a series of essays that meditated on the condition of being a woman. They highlighted the social vision of the female figure and claimed, on numerous occasions, the role of the woman writer. He drank from the influence of Marcel Proust or James Joyce. Throughout his life, to try to find a path and different perspectives of characters for the future of the novel, leaving aside the current realism and the traditional description of them.
Works and a short summary:
Mrs. Dalloway

The novel follows Clarissa Dalloway through a single day in England after the Great War in a stream-of-consciousness style narrative. Constructed through two short stories Woolf had previously written ("Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street" and her unfinished "The Prime Minister") the novel's story is Clarissa's preparations for a party she is going to give that night. Using the novel's inside perspective, Woolf moves back and forth in time, and in and out of the minds of various characters to build a complete picture, not only of Clarissa's life, but of the interwar social structure.

A Room of One’s Own

The essay is based on a series of lectures the author gave in October 1928 at Newnham College and Girton College, both women's colleges of the University of Cambridge. Although the essay employs a fictional narrator and prose to explore women (both writers and fictional characters), and the manuscript prepared for the conferences was titled "Women and Fiction", the essay is considered non-fiction.Generally classified as a feminist text, its plot revolves around a literal and fictional space for women writers within a male-dominated literary tradition.

Anecdote:

Something that few people knew was that Virginia had a lover of the same sex in total secret, during the 20s with the also writer Vita West.

Vita was the wife of Harold Nicolson. It is believed that the work titled Orlando (1928) was for his lover.

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Name: JRR TOLKIEN
Date and place of birth or death: was born in South Africa on January 3, 1892 and died on September 2, 1973 in Bournemouth, England.

Short biography: When his mother died in 1904, he and his siblings were sent to live with relatives and in foster homes until a Catholic priest took over as guardian in Birmingham. Tolkien graduated from Exeter College, specializing in Anglo-Saxon and Germanic languages ​​and classical literature. He enlisted as a lieutenant and while still doing his military service he married Edith Bratt.

Works:

He was a writer and poet, known mainly for being the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Anecdote:

At the age of 19, John traveled to Switzerland with twelve other companions in the summer of 1911, and as he would remember years later in a letter, he assured that his experience in the Alps had inspired him when it came to telling the story of Bilbo's journey to Through the Misty Mountains in 'The Hobbit'

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STEPHEN KING

-Date of Birth:  Stephen King was born on the 21st September 1947 in Portland, Maine.

-Biography: Stephen King is an American writer of horror, supernatural fiction, mystery, science fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 500 million copies, he has published 64 novels, When King was two years old, his father abandoned the family. His mother raised him and his older brother David on her own, sometimes under great financial trouble.

-2 books
IT: It tells the story, in a matching game with the past and the present, of a group of seven friends who are persecuted by a supernatural entity, which they call "It" -The Dark Tower: It says the history of a gunslinger and his search for a tower, the nature of which is both physical and vALLE metaphorical.

-Anecdote: He suffers from triskaidekaphobia, that is, the king of terror is in turn terrified of number 13. "That number always gives me the willies," he declared. "When I'm writing, I will never stop working on page 13 or multiple."

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Name: J.K. Rowling

Date of birth:   Was born in Yate (United Kindom), 1965.  (Alive)

Short biography:    Their first years was in Winterbourne. When she had got only 9 was inspired to write as read the biography of Jessica Mitford, it was her first contact with the literature. A  few years later (1990) , on trip to Manchester, she think in a Magician school, soon after died his mother, however was able to continue writing Harry Potter.  "Harry didn't have more repercution until Warner publibated the first movie. There her fame was improve and was become in well-knowing.

Two works:

Harry Potter and the Philosophal stone.
A child magician discover he can do magic and know who are his parents.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Harry tourn back from hollidays and have to confront new teachers and villains such as Voldemort.

Anecdote: She was poor until the first film of Harry Potter. At the beginning the books didn't have repercution.

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- NAME: Joanne Rowling
- DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH OR DEATH: was born on July 31, 1965 in Yate (Gloucestershire), United Kingdom.
- SHORT BIOGRAPHY: J. K. Rowling is a British writer, film producer and screenwriter, known for being the author of the Harry Potter book series, which has sold more than five hundred million copies. He also wrote Cormoran Strike.
- Works (minimum 2) and a short summary:
     o   HARRY POTTER: In this first film, eleven-year-old Harry   Potter discovers that he is a wizard and that he must go to Hogwarts to begin his studies in wizardry and magic, but his talent does not come alone, it is accompanied by a curse that will leave him tied to Lord Voldemort, who will seek his death until the end of the story.
     o   In Muddy Blood, the investigation of a woman's disappearance more than 40 years ago coexists with the last stretch of life of Joan, Strike's mother-aunt, who is losing the battle against cancer. This is a much more noir disease than the pink ribbons that serve as a support campaign hide.
-ANECTDOTE: Rowling is a well-known philanthropist who supports charities such as Comic Relief, One Parent Families and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain.

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Name: Mary Shelley
Date and place of birth or death: Birth - August 30, 1797 in Londres, Death - February 1, 1851 in Londres
Short biography: Mary Shelley was born and died in London, she was a writer recognized mainly for her novel Frankestein. She began a sentimental relation ship whit Percy Bysshe who was already married, they lived in France, when she returned to England Mary she became pregnant, they married at the end of 1816 after the suicide of Percy's first wife. Mary's last years were full of illnesses, she began to suffer from headaches and paralysis attacks in different parts of her body and in 1851 she died at the age of 53 from a brain tumor.
Works and a short summary:

Frankestein:  It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who manages to infuse life into a being formed from pieces of corpses. Without measuring the consequences of his act, Victor creates a monster. This creature, which is rejected by the and by everyone it encounters, rebels against its creator and decides to take revenge on him.

The last man: The Last Man is the story of Lionel Verney, told by himself, the last man alive on earth after a rapacious plague accompanies sudden, ill-fated climate change and interminable armed conflicts at the end of the 21st century.
Anecdote: Frankestein's work arose during a summer vacation in Switzerland. One night she and her classmates proposed to hang out writing a ghost story. It is said that night Mary Shelley had a nightmare in which she saw a human shaped creature. This is how the story of Frankestein came to be.

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Name: Michael Edwards

Date and place of brith : April 29, 1938, Barnes, London, UK.

Short biography: Michael Edwards is a French-British poet, literary critic, translator and teacher born in Barnes, South West London. He was elected to the French Academy on February 21, 2013, becoming the first subject of the Queen of England to do so. Is a French-British poet, literary critic, translator and teacher born in Barnes, South West London. He was elected a member of the French Academy on February 21, 2013, becoming the first subject of the Queen of England to do so.

Works and a short summary:

- The Bible and Poety: The poet and scholar Michael Edwards seeks to transform how the Bible and Christianity are understood, arguing that poetry is not an ornamental or accidental feature of the Bible but is central to its meaning.

- Rire de Molière: Michael Edward, poet, essayist, honorary professor at the College de France, matured this essay for 50 years. The lover of genius whose name qualifies, in fine letters, the French language, is seized by the enthusiastic, methodical, subtle analytical rigor of "Molière's Laugh".

Anecdote: On February 7, 2008, he was nominated for election to one of the 40 chairs of the French Academy.2 On that occasion he received the second highest vote (8 votes against 10 for Michael Schneider who received 10); however, none of the candidates was elected as they did not obtain the required majority and the seat remained vacant.

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Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a brtish writer and physician.

SHORT BIOGRAPHY:

Born in Edimburgh (Scotland), he created the famous character Sherlock Holmes.
Was a prolific writer, other than Holmes stories include fantasy, and science fiction.

WORKS:

Also he work in the theatres writing scripts, he was also a professional football player, he played goalkeeper in the Porstmouth Association Football Club, and served as a volunterr physician in the Langman Field Hospital during the second Boer war (1899-1902) in South Africa.

ANECDOTE:

He was awarded various honours such as :
Knight Bachelor (1902)
Queen South Africa Medal (1901)
Knight of the of the Order of the Crown of Italy(1895)
But the most important was that King Eduard VII named him Sir in 1902.

BOOKS
- The adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- The back of Sherlock Holmes

These novels talks about his most famous character Sherlock Holmes, solving misteris with his partner doctor Watson.

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THE LIFE AND WORK OF VIRGINIA WOOLF

Adeline Virginia Woolf she was born in London, 25 January 1882 and she was died in Lewes, Sussex, 28 March 1941 is a importante brithis writer author of novels, short stories, plays and other literary works.

BIOGRAPHY

She is an important figure in London literary society and a member of the intellectual Bloomsbury group.
She was rediscovered during the 1970s thanks to the essay A Room of One's Own, one of the most cited texts of the feminist movement, which exposes the plight of women.

ANECDOTE

Virgina you has many anecdotes but the most remarkable is the one about the Prince of Ethiopia and his entourage.
In this history Virginia and friends they painted themselves black they painted themselves black and dressed in robes and pretended to be the Prince of Ethiopia and his entourage. As a result, they managed to board the Royal Navy battleship HMS Dreadnought for a 40-minute ride.

IMPORTANT WORKS

Freswhater: This is theatre play is classified as absurd theatre. On the day of its premiere, 18 January 1935, Preshwater was attended by an audience of 80 spectators, not a small number considering that it was a festive ceremony attended only by the Bloomsbury group's close associates.

Mrs Dalloway: The novel follows Clarissa Dalloway through a single day in England after the Great War in a stream-of-consciousness style narrative. Building on two short stories Woolf had previously written ("Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street" and her unfinished "The Prime Minister") the novel's story is Clarissa's preparations for a party she is to give that evening. Using the novel's interior perspective, Woolf moves backwards and forwards in time, and in and out of the minds of various characters to construct a complete picture, not only of Clarissa's life, but of the social structure between the wars.

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Name: Christopher Marlowe

Date and place of birth:  February 1564, Canterbury, England

Date and place of death : 30 May 1593, Deptford, London, England

Short biography : Christopher Marlowe was an English playwright, poet and translator. He greatly influenced Shakespeare on theatrical issues and was his most important predecessor in English drama. Marlowe’s plays are known for their specific style: as a matter of fact, he is especially known for establishing the dramatic blank verse and for his overreaching protagonists.

Works (minimum 2) and a short summary:

Jew of Malta- Drama, farce, comedy, tragedy, there is everything in the story of the Jew Barabbas, in his blind desire for revenge, in his successive betrayals and in his final death trap in which he himself ends up perishing.

Edward II- King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility.

Anecdote: Christopher Marlowe, the mysterious writer who has just been identified as the co-author of three Shakespeare plays

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Name: Edgar Allan Poe

Date and place of birth or death:  19,January 1809, Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos   7, october de 1849, Washington Medical College

Short biography:
Edgar Allan Poe was an American romance writer, poet, critic, and journalist, generally recognized as one of the universal masters of the short story, of which he was one of the first practitioners in his country. He was a renovator of the Gothic novel, especially remembered for his horror stories.

Works (minimum 2) and a short summary:
The crimes of morgue Street (1841)
The analytical and talented young Frenchman C. August Dupin explains in a clear and concise way a spectacular and mysterious double murder in Paris. Dupin's special talent lies in the precise and, above all, objective observation of all details. It is only by taking into consideration all the extraordinary circumstances of this case that Dupin arrives at his solution. Dupin is not a private detective, much less a commissioner, but rather an amateur detective, even though this name is actually premature in the history of literature. With Dupin, Poe brilliantly succeeds in creating a model almost without peer for later criminalists, including Sherlock Holmes. The brief narrative probably did not arise with the intention of creating a new literary genre, but The Murders of the Rue Morgue undoubtedly marks the birth of detective literature.

The Gold Bug(1843)

The action begins to unleash when the narrator learns that Legrand, who was dedicated to hunting and fishing and had come to Sullivan's Island after suffering some financial difficulties, had found a gold beetle.

Some time after that discovery, the group of men undertook an expedition through the hills. The march stopped in front of a leafy tree, where Legrand, after giving him the scarab, ordered his servant to climb until he reached a skull.

When Jupiter accomplished that first objective, his master asked him to pass the insect through the skull's left eye, and once the beetle made landfall, Legrand took note of the location and made some measurements in order to begin digging into it. looking for a supposed treasure that he insisted on finding.

However, at first this excavation did not give positive results and, convinced by Legrand's words, they decided to dig in another place, where finally, after a few hours of effort, they managed to find the famous chest.

Once the loot was in his hands, Legrand revealed to his narrator friend how he had learned of the existence of this hidden treasure. As he confided to him, when he found the gold beetle he had also located a parchment on which there was a cryptogram written by a

pirate. Upon deciphering it, Legrand then had the precise information to find the treasure that this man had buried.

Anecdote:
His first great love was when he was 14 years old and was... the mother of a classmate. Her name was Mrs. Stanard, she was extremely beautiful and was about 30 years old. Unfortunately for Poe, he died the following year. It is said that he dedicated his poem "To Helen" to this woman.

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Name: William Shekespeare
Date and place of birth or death:

He was born in Statford-upon-Avord (United Kingdom) on April 23, 1564 and died in Statford-upon-Avord on May 3, 1616He was born in Statford-upon-Avord (United Kingdom) on April 23, 1564 and died in Statford-upon-Avord on May 3, 1616

Short biography:

He was an English playwright, poet and actor. Sometimes known as the Bard of Avon (or simply the Bard), he is considered the greatest writer in the English language and one of the most celebrated in world literature.Shakespeare is mainly recognized for his work as a playwright, he also wrote poems. The poetic work of the author is comprised of a total of 154 sonnets and is considered one of the most important works of universal poetry.

Works and short summary:

His titles include Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, and The Tempest. Shakespeare occupies a unique position in the world, as his works continue to be read and performed throughout the world.His titles include Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, and The Tempest.

Anecdote:

- He lived at the time of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I and came to act before both.
- One of the most curious anecdotes is that the date of Shakespeare's death coincides exactly with that of Miguel de Cervantes, on April 23, 1616. This coincidence is the reason why International Book Day is celebrated on Saint George's Day.

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JANE AUSTEN
Date and place of birth or death:
She born on December 17, 1775  in Steventon, and she died on July 18, 1817  due to Addison’s disease.

Short biography: Was a British writer, who lived during the Georgian era. Grew up in a tight-knit family. She was the seventh of eight children, with six brothers and one sister. Their parents were George Austen and Cassandra Leigh.

He sold his first novel in 1803. Her novels were romantic in style, and very realistic, which made the reader connect a lot with her. She is considered a feminist author, criticizing things like marriage or women's education.

In life he published only 4 novels, and another 2 were published after his death, as well as 50 shorth stories.

WORKS:

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY: After the death of Mr. Dashwood, his wife and their three daughters, Elinor, Marianne and little Margaret, must abandon their possessions in Norland by inheriting only the eldest son, the fruit of a previous marriage. They are welcomed by relatives at Barton Cottage, where they must learn to live in much more modest conditions than they knew. Elinor and Marianne will discover love, but also the pain that a bad choice or not being reciprocated produces. Marianne, more romantic, abandons herself to the impulses of the heart with her irrepressible enthusiasm that ends in disappointment and despair. Elinor, on the other hand, follows the dictates of reason and maintains an admirable self-control when facing her amorous sufferings for the love she left behind in Norland.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: England, late 18th century. The Bennet sisters are five marriageable girls whose existence is revolutionized by the arrival of the attractive and wealthy Charles Bengley and his friend Darcy. It will be this last character who takes the rudeness of Elisabeth Bennet, a simple young woman but with a strong temperament, due to her exacerbated pride. But, little by little, they will get to know each other and the attitude of both will relax until they begin to feel hopelessly attracted to each other. They and their encounters are accompanied by a whole gallery of characters and a whole series of misunderstandings and comic and dramatic situations.

ANECDOTE:
When publishing his first novel "Sense and Sensibility" he did so anonymously. Signed as "By Lady".
A curious fact about her love life is that she was rejected by her first suitor and that the second man she fell in love with died; so Jane totally refused to fall in love again.