Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)
Autore di Ritorno a Brideshead
Sull'Autore
Born in Hampstead and educated at Oxford University, Evelyn Waugh came from a literary family. His elder brother, Alec was a novelist, and his father, Arthur Waugh, was the influential head of a large publishing house. Even in his school days, Waugh showed sings of the profound belief in mostra altro Catholicism and brilliant wit that were to mark his later years. Waugh began publishing his novels in the late 1920's. He joined the Royal Marines at the beginning of World War II and was one of the first to volunteer for commando service. In 1944 he survived a plane crash in Yugoslavia and, while hiding in a cave, corrected the proofs of one of his novels. Waugh's early novels, Decline and Fall (1927), Vile Bodies (1930), and A Handful of Dust (1934), established him as one of the funniest and most brilliant satirists the British had seen in years. He was particularly skillful at poking fun at the scramble for prominence among the upper classes and the struggle between the generations. He lived for a while in Hollywood, about which he wrote The Loved One (1948), a scathing attack on the United States's overly sentimental funeral practices. His greatest works, however, are Brideshead Revisited (1945), which has been made into a highly popular television miniseries, and the trilogy Sword of Honor (1965), composed of Men at Arms (1952), Officers and Gentlemen (1955), and The End of the Battle (1961). (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Evelyn Waugh
Comedies; Black Mischief, A Handful of Dust, Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, Put Out More Flags, Scoop (1999) 12 copie
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh: Essays, Articles, and Reviews 1922-1934: Volume 26 (2018) 6 copie
P.R.B. An Essay on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, 1847-1854 [Waugh, Evelyn- Waugh's Own Copy with Inscriptions] (1926) 3 copie
Verhalen die Hitchcock koos 3 3 copie
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh: Personal Writings 1903-1921: Precocious Waughs: Volume 30 (2017) 2 copie
Tactical exercise [short story] 2 copie
On Guard [short story] 2 copie
Cruise [short story] 2 copie
Conduite scandaleuse 1 copia
Vile Bodies | The Loved One 1 copia
Evelyn Waugh and his world 1 copia
Rosetti, His Life and Works 1 copia
Prose. Memoirs. Essays 1 copia
Сборник 1 copia
2008 1 copia
Stainless Stanley : [poem] 1 copia
Incident in Azania [short story] 1 copia
Period Piece [short story] 1 copia
Out of Depth [short story] 1 copia
Winner Takes All [short fiction] 1 copia
By Special Request [short story] 1 copia
Love in the Slump [short story] 1 copia
The death of painting 1 copia
The Balance [Short story] 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 552 copie
Noblesse Oblige: An Enquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy (1956) — Collaboratore — 427 copie
Wild: Stories of Survival from the World's Most Dangerous Places (Adrenaline) (1999) — Collaboratore — 59 copie
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Collaboratore — 4 copie
The Paris Review 30 1963 Summer-Fall — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Brideshead Revisited, Volume One [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 2 copie
Brideshead Revisited, Volume Two [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 copia
Brideshead Revisited, Volume Four [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 copia
Brideshead Revisited, Volume Three [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 copia
Brideshead Revisited, Episode 11 [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 copia
Brideshead Revisited, Volume Five [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Waugh, Arthur Evelyn St. John
- Data di nascita
- 1903-10-28
- Data di morte
- 1966-04-10
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Combe Florey, Somerset, England
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Combe Florey, Somerset, England, UK
- Causa della morte
- heart failure
- Luogo di residenza
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
Combe Florey, Somerset, England, UK
Gloucestershire, England, UK
London, England, UK - Istruzione
- Lancing College
Oxford University (Hertford College)
Heatherley School of Fine Art
Holborn Polytechnic - Attività lavorative
- writer
teacher
journalist
literary critic
military officer - Relazioni
- Waugh, Arthur (father)
Waugh, Alec (brother)
Waugh, Auberon (son)
Waugh, Alexander (grandson)
Burghclere, Lady (mother-in-law)
Herbert, Aubrey (father-in-law) (mostra tutto 19)
D'Arms, John H. (son-in-law)
Mitford, Nancy (friend)
Roxburgh, J. F. (teacher)
Guinness, Bryan (friend)
Cooper, Diana (friend)
Cooper, Duff (friend)
Knox, Ronald (friend)
Fielding, Daphne (friend)
Cockburn, Claud (second cousin)
Caudwell, Sarah (second cousin once removed)
Cockburn, Alexander (second cousin once removed)
Cockburn, Andrew (second cousin once removed)
Cockburn, Patrick (second cousin once removed) - Organizzazioni
- Royal Marines
Royal Horse Guards - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
Utenti
Discussioni
October 2021: Evelyn Waugh in Monthly Author Reads (Novembre 2021)
Group Read, November 2018: A Handful of Dust in 1001 Books to read before you die (Dicembre 2018)
Recensioni
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THE WAR ROOM (2)
Franklit (1)
United Kingdom (1)
Best Satire (1)
1920s (1)
Fiction For Men (1)
BBC Big Read (1)
AP Lit (1)
Ambleside Books (1)
Metafiction (1)
Read This Next (1)
First Novels (1)
A Novel Cure (2)
Favourite Books (2)
1940s (2)
1930s (3)
War Literature (4)
Folio Society (4)
Sense of place (1)
BBC Big Read (1)
BBC Top Books (1)
Unread books (1)
Didactic Fiction (1)
Art of Reading (1)
Elegant Prose (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 124
- Opere correlate
- 73
- Utenti
- 45,977
- Popolarità
- #350
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 830
- ISBN
- 981
- Lingue
- 26
- Preferito da
- 291