Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh, circa 1940
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one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century
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Born
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh 28 October 1903 West Hampstead, London, England
Died
10 April 1966 (aged 62) Combe Florey, Somerset, England
Alma mater
Hertford College, Oxford
Occupation
Writer
adultbasic
Britain
Children
7, including Auberon Waugh
Education
Lancing College
era
1800+
Genre
Novel, biography, short story, travelogue, autobiography, satire, humour
Period
1923–1964
Spouses
Evelyn Gardner ( m. 1928; annulled 1936) Laura Herbert ( m. 1937)