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William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright,widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist.He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard").He had a representative of the four major tragedy "Hamlet","Othello" ,"King Lear" and "Macbeth",and comedy "The Merchant of Venice" and more than 100 first sonnet.