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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 ...
Evelyn Waugh. Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh ( Londra, 28 ottobre 1903 – Taunton, 10 aprile 1966) è stato uno scrittore britannico . È conosciuto per i suoi romanzi satirici: Declino e caduta, L'inviato speciale, Una manciata di polvere e Il caro estinto sono i più famosi. Nelle sue opere più personali (come Ritorno a Brideshead e la ...
15 apr 2024 · Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh. Born: October 28, 1903, London, England. Died: April 10, 1966, Combe Florey, near Taunton, Somerset (aged 62) Notable Works: “A Handful of Dust”. “Black Mischief”. “Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder”.
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Decline and Fall is a novel by the English author Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1928. It was Waugh's first published novel; an earlier attempt, titled The Temple at Thatch, was destroyed by Waugh while still in manuscript form. Decline and Fall is based, in part, on Waugh's schooldays at Lancing College, undergraduate years at ...
- Evelyn Waugh
- 1928
15 mar 2010 · Now, once again, it is early 1944. Evelyn Waugh has been granted leave from the army to write his novel. More than a decade has passed since Madresfield was the center of his life.
- Paula Byrne
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945.It follows, from the 1920s to the early 1940s, the life and romances of Charles Ryder, especially his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion, Brideshead Castle.
2 apr 2014 · Waugh died of heart failure on April 10, 1966—which happened to be Easter Day—at his home in Combe Florey, Somerset, England.
