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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.
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (/ ˈ iː v l ɪ n ˈ s ɪ n dʒ ən ˈ w ɔː /; 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.
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh war ein britischer Schriftsteller. Mehrere seiner Romane gelten als Klassiker der englischen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Das Time-Magazin wählte Wiedersehen mit Brideshead und Eine Handvoll Staub zu den besten 100 englischsprachigen Romanen, die zwischen 1923 und 2005 veröffentlicht wurden. 2015 ...
Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) was a British writer, journalist and reviewer, generally considered one of the leading English prose writers of the 20th century. The following lists his fiction, travel and biographical works, together with selected articles and reviews.
A Handful of Dust is a novel by the British writer Evelyn Waugh. First published in 1934, it is often grouped with the author's early, satirical comic novels for which he became famous in the pre– World War II years. Some commentators regard it as a transitional work due to its serious undertones, pointing towards Waugh's Catholic postwar fiction.
- Evelyn Waugh
- 1934
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945.
About Evelyn Waugh. Born in Hampstead in 1903, Waugh was the second son of Arthur Waugh, a prominent man of letters, and younger brother to Alec Waugh, the novelist. Educated at Lancing and at Hertford College, Oxford, Waugh came down with an undistinguished third in History.
