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A polemic is contentious ___MASK65___ that is intended to support a specific position . Polemics are mostly seen in arguments about controversial topics . The practice of such argumentation is called " polemics ". A person who often writes polemics , or who speaks polemically , is called a " polemicist ". The word is derived , . George Bernard Shaw ( 26 July 1856  2 November 1950 ), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw , was an Irish ___MASK93___ , critic , and polemicist whose influence on Western theatre , culture , and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond . He wrote more than sixty plays , including major works such as " Man and Superman " ( 1903 ), " Pygmalion " ( 1913 ), and " Saint Joan " ( 1923 ). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory , Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation , and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature . Jerome Timothy Kilty ( born June 24 , 1922 -- died September 6 , 2012 ) was an American actor and ___MASK93___ . He wrote Dear Liar : A Comedy of Letters , a play that had a successful run in New York , which was based on the correspondence of famed ___MASK93___ George Bernard Shaw and actress Mrs . Patrick Campbell . He worked extensively on the stage , both in the United States and abroad . Pala Indian Reservation in San Diego County Since 1901 , the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an ___MASK31___ from any country who has , in the words of the will of Alfred Nobel , produced " in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction " ( original Swedish : " den som inom litteraturen har producerat det mest framstående verket i en idealisk riktning "). Though individual works are sometimes cited as being particularly noteworthy , here " work " refers to an ___MASK31___ ' s work as a whole . The Swedish Academy decides who , if anyone , will receive the prize in any given year . The academy announces the name of the chosen laureate in early October . It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 ; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry , Nobel Prize in Physics , Nobel Peace Prize , and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .