Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)
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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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Evelyn Waugh
Black Mischief, Scoop, The Loved One, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary… (2003) 147 Exemplare
Und neues Leben blüht aus den Ruinen. Eine Liebesgeschichte aus der nahen Zukunft (1953) 59 Exemplare
Comedies; Black Mischief, A Handful of Dust, Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, Put Out More Flags, Scoop (1999) 12 Exemplare
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh: Essays, Articles, and Reviews 1922-1934: Volume 26 (2018) 5 Exemplare
P.R.B. An Essay on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, 1847-1854 [Waugh, Evelyn- Waugh's Own Copy with Inscriptions] (1926) 3 Exemplare
Verhalen die Hitchcock koos 3 3 Exemplare
Bella Fleace Gave a Party [short story] 2 Exemplare
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh: Personal Writings 1903-1921: Precocious Waughs: Volume 30 (2017) 2 Exemplare
Tactical exercise [short story] 2 Exemplare
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing [short story] 2 Exemplare
On Guard [short story] 2 Exemplare
Cruise [short story] 2 Exemplare
The Paris Review no. 30 : Evelyn Waugh 1 Exemplar
Noticia bomba 1 Exemplar
Brideshead Revisited 1 Exemplar
Un puądo de polvo 1 Exemplar
2008 1 Exemplar
The End of the Battle 1 Exemplar
Evelyn Waugh and his world 1 Exemplar
Vile Bodies | The Loved One 1 Exemplar
A Handful of Dust | Put Out More Flags 1 Exemplar
Сборник 1 Exemplar
Conduite scandaleuse 1 Exemplar
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold and Others 1 Exemplar
Incident in Azania [short story] 1 Exemplar
The death of painting 1 Exemplar
The Balance [Short story] 1 Exemplar
Stainless Stanley : [poem] 1 Exemplar
Period Piece [short story] 1 Exemplar
Evelyn Waugh Collection 1 Exemplar
Charles Ryder's School Days [short story] 1 Exemplar
Out of Depth [short story] 1 Exemplar
Winner Takes All [short fiction] 1 Exemplar
By Special Request [short story] 1 Exemplar
Love in the Slump [short story] 1 Exemplar
Excursion in Reality [short story] 1 Exemplar
An Englishman's Home [Short Story] 1 Exemplar
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Die Forsyte Saga I. (1906) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben; Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 1,015 Exemplare
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 544 Exemplare
Wild: Stories of Survival from the World's Most Dangerous Places (Adrenaline) (1999) — Mitwirkender — 58 Exemplare
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
The Paris Review 30 1963 Summer-Fall — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
Brideshead Revisited, Volume One [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 2 Exemplare
Brideshead Revisited, Volume Five [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 Exemplar
Brideshead Revisited, Volume Four [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 Exemplar
Brideshead Revisited, Volume Two [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 Exemplar
Brideshead Revisited, Volume Three [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 Exemplar
Brideshead Revisited, Episode 11 [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 Exemplar
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Wissenswertes
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Waugh, Arthur Evelyn St. John
- Geburtstag
- 1903-10-28
- Todestag
- 1966-04-10
- Begräbnisort
- England, Taunton
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- England, UK
- Land (für Karte)
- UK
- Geburtsort
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Sterbeort
- Combe Florey, Somerset, England, UK
- Todesursache
- heart failure
- Wohnorte
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
Combe Florey, Somerset, England, UK
Gloucestershire, England, UK
London, England, UK - Ausbildung
- Lancing College
Oxford University (Hertford College)
Heatherley School of Fine Art
Holborn Polytechnic - Berufe
- writer
teacher
journalist
literary critic
military officer - Beziehungen
- Waugh, Arthur (father)
Waugh, Alec (brother)
Waugh, Auberon (son)
Waugh, Alexander (grandson)
Burghclere, Lady (mother-in-law)
Herbert, Aubrey (father-in-law) (Zeige alle 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) - Organisationen
- Royal Marines
Royal Horse Guards - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
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