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William Shakespeare

Who was Shakespeare? Watch this story, one of our 'Shakespeare Lives' videos, and find out!

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Which famous writers do you know? Write and tell us about a famous writer from your country.

Average: 4.1 (46 votes)

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Shakespeare
UK
Level 3

Submitted by KingPhoenixWerewolf on Sat, 06/06/2020 - 09:51

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I am from Romania and a famous Romanian writer is Ion Creanga

Submitted by MisterMagicGig… on Sat, 25/04/2020 - 02:48

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The famous writer in my country Honduras was Ramon Amaya Amador, he was a writer and a journalist, his most importants books are Prision Verde, Amanecer, Cipotes and many more...

Submitted by FamousDiamond80 on Sat, 25/04/2020 - 00:34

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Williams Shakespeare did not stop with a plague or waste time.

Submitted by LordMoonstone70 on Fri, 24/04/2020 - 18:38

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I really liked the story, William S. I really enjoy writing books and doing theater, although he died very Young.

Submitted by PrincessHi80 on Thu, 23/04/2020 - 14:57

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The famous writer in my country is Andrés Bello his most important work is the grammar of the Castellana language intended for the use of the Americans in 1847.

Submitted by MasterSkiPiano on Thu, 26/03/2020 - 13:36

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Shakespeare history finish

Submitted by PrinceGigantos… on Mon, 23/03/2020 - 11:05

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its fun because Hamlet was hes son and there is also a story about Hamlet here!!! i love the story about Hamlet.

Submitted by QueenAmethystP… on Tue, 17/12/2019 - 12:07

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very good

Submitted by RunningFootbal… on Thu, 15/08/2019 - 16:25

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Amazing life story.

Submitted by DoctorSupermar… on Sun, 06/01/2019 - 13:25

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My love story

Submitted by BrownEmu500 on Thu, 22/11/2018 - 07:23

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J.K. Rowling, William Shakespeare, Stephen King, Charles Dickens and Ilkka Remes. Ilkka Remes is a Finnish writer, who is known for his thrillers. In June 2006 over a million of Reme's books were sold. He is one of the most popular Finnish writers.

Submitted by SkippingTrainOrbit on Fri, 22/06/2018 - 10:25

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The famouse writer in my country is Taras Shevchenko. Taras Shevchenko was born in 1814 in Moryntsi. He's ukrainian writer.

Submitted by KingMusicTune on Sat, 12/05/2018 - 10:04

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There are some famous writers in my country such as A.Pushkin and N.Gogol! :D xD

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