Nothing. He was not in any competitions that we know of. And there were no awards for being a writer in his day.
I'm trying to figute out the same thing too!
They did not have literary awards in Shakespeare's day like they do now. There were no Pulitzer Prizes or Nobel Prizes for Literature. The only kind of award Shakespeare got was a grant of a coat of arms, and that was in spite of his having the ungentlemanly occupation of a "player". Shakespeare was well-respected as a writer, as Francis Meres' Palladis Tamia testifies. But he won no awards for it.
Shakespeare in Love beat four other films to win the Best Picture award of 1998:ElizabethLife Is BeautifulSaving Private RyanThe Thin Red Line
William Shakespeare did not win any awards after his death. However, he is considered one of the greatest playwrights in English literature and his works continue to be celebrated and studied worldwide.
It's a quote originally written by Shakespeare but has also been spoken by many others over time.
Agent 99 on Get Smart
Yes! Shakespeare's name was really Shakespeare. His whole name was William Shakespeare.
John Shakespeare (father) Mary (Arden) Shakespeare (mother) Anne (Hathaway) Shakespeare (wife) Susanna (Shakespeare) Hall (daughter) Hamnet Shakespeare (son - twin) Judith (Shakespeare) Quiney (daughter - twin) Joan (Shakespeare) Hart (sister) Gilbert Shakespeare, Richard Shakespeare, Edmund Shakespeare (brothers)
Basically William Shakespeare was a poet who thought in dramatic terms. Even his plays were 99.99% poems and songs. He loathed the strenuous labour of putting plays on stage after the majesty of writing them. But to win his bread he had no other way. He always dreamed of his plays being read and studied as major literary works, rather than being acted on stage to win momentary applause and sustenance money.
Will Shakespeare is William Shakespeare, the famous playwright.
Alas, National Book Awards were invented long after Shakespeare died, 334 years after in fact, but Shakespeare would not have qualified for one anyway because he was not American. In fact, when he lived, there was no such thing as Americans.
His parents: John Shakespeare and Mary (Arden) ShakespeareHis brothers and sisters: Anne Shakespeare, Gilbert Shakespeare, Richard Shakespeare, Edmund Shakespeare, Joan (Shakespeare) HartHis wife: Anne (Hathaway) ShakespeareHis children: Hamlet Shakespeare, Susanna (Shakespeare) Hall, Judith (Shakespeare) QuineyHis grandchildren: Elizabeth (Hall) Barnard, Shakespeare Quiney, Richard Quiney, Thomas Quiney.