William Shakespeare biography

Life and legacy of one of the greatest writers in human history

William Shakespeare was born on April 23rd in 1564 and passed away during April in 1616 (according to many experts, there’s not an exact date for his death, although some agree it took place on April 23rd in 1616). William Shakespeare was very well known for being such an awesome dramatist, poet and English actor, he was also known as The Avon Bard; Shakespeare is considered one of the most important writers of the English Language and on of the most wonderful poets of the universal literature. His works have been translated to thousand of languages; Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, among others, and his dramatic pieces of literature keep on changing the world nowadays. As time passed by, some people have questioned part of his life, we mean with this, his sexual orientation, his controversial religious passion and, sometimes, part of his works. Is true that there are many documents that are related to Shakespeare works but, on the other hand, there just a few that can show us the life of this magnificent writer, what we can affirm is that William Shakespeare was born in Stratford- upon Avon in Warwickshire, United Kingdom and he got married at the age of 18 with Anne Hathaway, who gave him 3 children and who also died on April23rd in 1616, at the age of 52.

William Shakespeare picture

there he appears with his skull, famous for the phrase "to be or not to be"

Life of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare came to this life as the third one among 8 siblings, his parents were John Shakespeare, a wealthy businessman who had the fortune of reaching a very important position in town; his mother was Mary Arden, a normal housewife with the detail of having important descendants. We believe that this poet was born when his family used to live in Henley Street, Stratford, the date of birth and death are still uncertain since by hat time the children’s name were only took down when they were baptized. In his case, this happened on April 26th. Shakespeare’s father was in the top of his prosperity when he was born, but a few years later all that prosperity faded away; he was accused of dealing with illegal wool, some others think that this bad luck of Shakespeare’s father was related to his affinity with the catholic faith. William Shakespeare attended to a local school (Stratford Grammar School) during his primary studies, located in the middle of town. This particular school gave him and extensive knowledge of grammar and literature. In 1582, when he was 18 years old, Shakespeare got married with Anne Hathaway and had 3 kids Susan who was born on May 26th in 1583, and twins: a boy called Hamnet and a daughter called Judith, both were baptize on February 2nd in 1585. Unfortunately, Hamnet passed away at the age of 11.

Life in Theater

It was 1592 and William found himself living in London, working as a dramatist; he was well known enough to carry the title of “a man with a tiger heart who, with his work, was capable to impress anyone, with a white verse”. In 1598, he moved to the Saint Helen chapel, there he would soon achieve the title of actor. Shakespeare owned shares related to the Theatrical company known as Lord Chamberlain’s Men, this company would reach its prosperity after the Queen Elizabeth 1st death.

Last years and works

William Shakespeare retired to his native town in 1611, in is lasts weeks of life the man who was about to marry his daughter (a bar tender called Thomas Quiney) was blamed as promiscuous and took to court by the ecclesiastical Supreme court; a woman named Margaret Wheeler gave birth a child and affirmed that Quieny was the father. This situation affected in a bad way the reputation of Quieny and Shakespeare, that’s why the dramatist made changes in his last will to protect the economic future of his daughter from her future Husband’s problems. A few years later, William Shakespeare passed away and today, his books are remembered by all of us.

Books of William Shakespeare

He composed masterpieces such us: Hamlet (1601) (the experts affirm that this play was called this way in honor to his son), King Lear (1605-1606), Romeo and Juliet (1595), Macbeth (1606). Antony and Cleopatra (1606), Julio Caesar (1599), Otelo (1603-1604).