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Playwright Tennessee Williams is often referred to as the "American Shakespeare."
Yes
Christopher Marlowe was considered the greatest poet and dramatist of his day. He was considered the single most influential person to Shakespeare.
Dante might be considered second only to Shakespeare among renaissance poets. Moliere might be considered second only to Shakespeare among seventeenth-century playwrights. Marlowe might be considered second only to Shakespeare among English sixteenth century playwrights. Anne Hathaway might be considered second only to Shakespeare among people who lived in Stratford on Avon. George Bernard Shaw might be considered second only to Shakespeare among playwrights from Great Britain. Edward Bond might be considered second only to Shakespeare among playwrights who wrote a play about King Lear. I don't know who is second only to Shakespeare among people whose fathers made gloves.
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William Shakespeare
Hamburg not only 'is ... considered' a state in Germany: it actually is one!
Yes he did, he wrote Sonnets which are considered poetry.
William Shakespeare.
He had a profound impact on the English language.
It's considered rude everywhere, not just Germany.
Of course, Shakespeare is Shakespeare wherever you go. But some artists have reached the stature in the literature of their own languages that Shakespeare has in English.In the case of Tagalog, this person is Francisco Balagtas (1788-1862). He was both a poet and playwright as Shakespeare was. He is most famous for his poem Florante at Laura.