Evelyn Waugh


 
 

Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh (October 28 1903 – April 10 1966) was an English satirical novelist, brother of Alec Waugh and father of Auberon Waugh. He is generally regarded as one the the greatest figures in English literature in the 20th century.

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Born in London, Waugh was the son of a noted editor and publisher, Arthur Waugh, and was brought up in middle class circumstances in London. His only brother was the writer Alec Waugh. He was educated at Lancing College, a minor English public school with a High Church Anglican emphasis and then at Oxford University (Hertford College), which he left in 1924 with a third-class degree. At Oxford, he was known as much for his artwork as his writing, although he also threw himself into a vigorous social scene populated by the rich and aristocratic and began his personal transformation into a raging snob. In 1925 he taught at a private school in Wales and claims to have attempted suicide by swimming out to sea (turning back, however, when stung by a jellyfish).


 

October 28: October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining....

1903: 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasn't had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. See 1696....

1966: 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar)...


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Evelyn Keyes  c.1939
Evelyn Keyes c.1939
Evelyn Prentice  William Powell  Myrna Loy  1934
Evelyn Prentice William Powell Myrna Loy 1934
Johnny O'Clock  Evelyn Keyes  1947
Johnny O'Clock Evelyn Keyes 1947
Mr. Wong  Detective  Evelyn Brent  Boris Karloff  1938
Mr. Wong Detective Evelyn Brent Boris Karloff 1938
American Eve Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the IT Girl, and the Crime of the Century (Paperback) Book
American Eve Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the IT Girl, and the Crime of the Century (Paperback) Book
A Thousand and One Nights  Evelyn Keyes  1945
A Thousand and One Nights Evelyn Keyes 1945
Here Comes Mr. Jordan  Rita Johnson  Robert Montgomery  Evelyn Keyes  1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan Rita Johnson Robert Montgomery Evelyn Keyes 1941
My Old Kentucky Home  Clara Blandick  Grant Richards  Evelyn Venable  1938
My Old Kentucky Home Clara Blandick Grant Richards Evelyn Venable 1938

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Introduction
Early Life
The Thirties
World War II
Later Years
List of Works
External links
 
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Alec Waugh (2) - Leap year (2) - October 28 (2) - Jellyfish (1) - Suicide (1) - Snob (1) - 1925 (1) - Gregorian Calendar (1) - Gregorian calendar (1) - 1600 (1) - Equinox (1) - 1696 (1) - Solstice (1) - 1924 (1) - Satirical (1) -
 

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