Since the year 1992, Montblanc has dedicated one writing instrument a year to a great author in history who has been recognized world-wide for their literary genius. Not only are the pens dedicated to the author but they are artistically inspired by the life and works of the author giving each Writers Edition pen a unique story and personal history. When designing Writers Edition pens, Montblanc all the time goes one step farther to make each piece have a microscopic more value. A finishing touch and final tribute to the author is their personal signature that is gorgeous engraved into the side of each cap. In other words, each and every Writers Edition pen is autographed by the respective author to whom the pen is dedicated. This is assuredly one way to make each pen even more valuable and worth collecting along side each and every pen being individually identified as 1 of the microscopic range produced.
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The most modern addition to the Montblanc Writers Edition pens is a beautifully marbleized dark green lacquer that is divided by platinum into a series of rings that progressively widen from the point to the cap. The pen is signed by and dedicated to George Bernard Shaw, an Irish born composer and literary critic but most importantly a dramatic playwright. Shaw spent most of his life in London and wrote more than sixty plays in his lifetime. Pygmalion is quite perhaps one of Shaw's many works and of highest recognition. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 and an Oscar in 1938 after producing a screenplay for Pygmalion. A key stamp found on the George Bernard Shaw Writers Edition pen is the flower engraved on the nib of the fountain pen. This flower is the stamp for the flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, one of the prominent characters in Pygmalion.
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The George Bernard Shaw Writers Edition pen is yet another gorgeous homage to a great author by Montblanc. Shaw was a fantastic satirist in the 20th century when wit and playfulness were at a loss. Shaw was a conservative man and did not pay much attention to public greatness or recognition as he considered them a form of social-evil and inequality. However, his lovely wife was the influencing factor in bringing Shaw to accept his honors and awards in order to pay tribute to Ireland, his home. Still today, long after Shaw's fantastic and witty life with us, we desire to pay tribute to him, his public beliefs and witty light-heartedness that helped many through hard times by creating a pen that honors him and his origin, Ireland. Let us take this pen and continue to honor Shaw by writing words of laughter and wit while simultaneously collecting one of the valuably microscopic 16,000 fountain pens, 18,000 ballpoint pens, or 4,000 sets produced by Montblanc marking the Writers Edition pen of 2008
Montblanc Launches George Bernard Shaw Writer Series - limited Edition Pen
A good place to buy these are from the authorized dealers since imitations are many.
Montblanc Launches George Bernard Shaw Writer Series - limited Edition Pen
