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Evelyn Waugh
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British writer and journalist (1903–1966)
Evelyn Waugh was a British writer and journalist who lived from 1903 to 1966 and became one of the most influential novelists of the twentieth century. His satirical novels, which often criticized modern society and human folly with dark humor, continue to be widely read and studied for their literary brilliance and sharp social commentary.
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Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945), and the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952–1961). He is…
Known for
- Revisiting Brideshead — Self (archive footage)2005
- The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama1924
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- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Bright Young Things
- Given name
- Evelyn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Combe Florey
- Father
- Arthur Waugh
- Sibling
- Alec Waugh
- Occupation
- journalist
- Educated at
- Heatherley School of Fine Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Award
- Hawthornden Prize
- Notable work
- Brideshead Revisited
- Genre
- autobiography
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Royal Marines
- Image
- Evelynwaugh.jpeg
- Residence
- London
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- Nancy Mitford
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- natural causes
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- Evelyn Waugh
- date of birth
- 1903-10-28
- date of death
- 1966-04-10
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- influenced by
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- start of work period
- 1924-00-00
- name in native language
- Evelyn Waugh
- writing language
- English language
- ancestral home
- Scotland
- personal library at
- Harry Ransom Center
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- Hans Scharoun
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Encyclopedic overview
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (/ˈiːvlɪn ˈsɪndʒən ˈwɔː/; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945), and the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952–1961). He is recognised as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century.
Waugh, the son of a publisher, was educated at Lancing College and then at Hertford College, Oxford. He worked briefly as a schoolmaster before he became a full-time writer. As a young man, he acquired many fashionable and aristocratic friends and developed a taste for country house society.
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