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Alexander Raban Waugh (8 July 1898 – 3 September 1981) was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh, uncle of Auberon Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic and publisher.
Genre. Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs. edit data. Born Alexander Raban Waugh to Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic, and publisher. He was the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh. His third wife was Virginia Sorenson, author of the Newbery Medal-winning Miracles on Maple Hill.
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- September 3, 1981
- July 8, 1893
4 lug 2024 · Alec Waugh (born July 8, 1898, Hampstead, London—died Sept. 3, 1981, Tampa, Fla., U.S.) was an English popular novelist and travel writer, older brother of the writer Evelyn Waugh. Waugh was educated at Sherborne, from which he was expelled, and the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst.
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4 set 1981 · Alec Waugh, the author of 50 books during a career that spanned nearly 65 years and who was best known for ''Island in the Sun,'' died yesterday in Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital, two weeks...
Alec Waugh (older brother of the more famous Evelyn) wrote this semi-autobiographical novel about a fictional British public school over a six week period when he was 17 years old and doing military training during World War I.
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The current issue of The Oldie has a memoir by Alexander Waugh of his Uncle Alec. He was known in the family as “Uncle Sex” and the memoir is written on the 100th anniversary of the publication of his novel Loom of Youth which discussed homosexuality among public schoolboys.
Alec Waugh (1898-1981) was a British novelist, travel writer and wine connoisseur. He wrote over 50 books, including The Loom of Youth, Brief Encounter and The Mule on the Minaret.
