The author of the play "Timon of Athens" is - William Shakespeare.

• Timon of Athens
- এটি হচ্ছে Shakespeare এর একটি unfinished Tragedy. 
- এটি ১৬০৫-০৮ এর মধ্যে লেখা হয়েছে বলে ধারনা করা হয়ত।
 - সম্ভবত এই Tragedy এর কিছু অংশ English dramatist Thomas Middleton এর লেখা। 
- এটি একটি 5acts বিশিষ্ট tragedy.
 - It belongs to Shakespeare’s late experimental period, when he explored a new kind of tragic form.
 - The main theme of the play “Timon and Athens” is 'You can't buy friendship.'  

• Characters: 
- Timon (protagonist and title character), 
- Apemantus,
- Alcibiades (an acquaintance of Timon,
- Flavius (One of Timon's servants),
- Lucullus (One of Timon's friends), 
- Lucius (One of Timon's friends).

 • William Shakespeare
- Born: April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
- Death: April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon.
- Shakespeare was also spelled Shakspere.
- Byname: Bard of Avon or Swan of Avon.
- He was an English poet, dramatist, and actor.
- He was often called the English national poet and considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time.
- Shakespeare wrote 37 Plays.

• Notable works:
• Tragedy
- Hamlet,
- Othello,
- King Lear,
- Macbeth,
- Titus Andronicus,
- Timons of Athens
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Coriolanus
- Romeo and Juliet, etc.

• Tragi-comedy
- The Merchant of Venice,
- The Winter's Tale,
- Cymbeline,
- Troilus and Cressida,
- Measure for Measure,

• Comedy
- As You Like It,
- The Tempest,
- Twelfth Night,
- Love's Labour's Lost,
- A Comedy of Error,
- The Taming of the Shrew,
- Much Ado About Nothing,
- All's Well That Ends Well,
- A Midsummer Night's Dream,
- The Merry Wives of Windsor,

• Historical play
- Julius Caesar (Tragedy + Historical),
- Henry IV Part I,
- Henry IV Part II,
- Henry V,
- Henry VI Part I,
- Henry VI Part II,
- Henry VI Part III,
- Henry VIII,
- King John,
- Richard II,
- Richard III

Source: An ABC of English Literature Dr. M Mofizar Rahman, Britannica.