Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)
Auteur de Retour à Brideshead
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Evelyn Waugh
Black Mischief/Scoop/The Loved One/The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold (2003) 155 exemplaires, 3 critiques
A Bitter Trial: Evelyn Waugh and John Cardinal Heenan on the Liturgical Changes (1996) 59 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Work Suspended and Other Stories, Together With Scott-King's Modern Europe (1951) 37 exemplaires, 1 critique
Comedies; Black Mischief, A Handful of Dust, Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, Put Out More Flags, Scoop (1999) 12 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh: Essays, Articles, and Reviews 1922-1934: Volume 26 (2018) 7 exemplaires
The Man Who Liked Dickens | Basil Seal Again, or The Rake's Regress (2002) 6 exemplaires, 1 critique
Verhalen die Hitchcock koos 3 3 exemplaires
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh: Personal Writings 1903-1921: Precocious Waughs: Volume 30 (2017) 3 exemplaires
P.R.B. An Essay on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, 1847-1854 [Waugh, Evelyn- Waugh's Own Copy with Inscriptions] (1982) 3 exemplaires
Work suspended; two chapters of an unfinished novel 2 exemplaires
Cruise [short story] 2 exemplaires
On Guard [short story] 2 exemplaires
Bella Fleace Gave a Party [short story] 2 exemplaires
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing [short story] 2 exemplaires
Tactical exercise [short story] 2 exemplaires
Evelyn Waugh and his world 1 exemplaire
A Handful of Dust | Put Out More Flags 1 exemplaire
Сборник 1 exemplaire
The Paris Review no. 30 : Evelyn Waugh 1 exemplaire
Prose. Memoirs. Essays 1 exemplaire
Conduite scandaleuse 1 exemplaire
Brideshead revisited ... Revised edition 1 exemplaire
¡....Más Banderas! 1 exemplaire
DECLINIO E QUEDA 1 exemplaire
Numylėtinė: Dulkių sauja: [apysaka]: [romanas] 1 exemplaire
Rosetti, His Life and Works 1 exemplaire
Period Piece [short story] 1 exemplaire
Vile Bodies | The Loved One 1 exemplaire
An Englishman's Home [Short Story] 1 exemplaire
The Balance [Short story] 1 exemplaire
The death of painting 1 exemplaire
Stainless Stanley : [poem] 1 exemplaire
Incident in Azania [short story] 1 exemplaire
2008 1 exemplaire
Charles Ryder's School Days [short story] 1 exemplaire
Out of Depth [short story] 1 exemplaire
Winner Takes All [short fiction] 1 exemplaire
By Special Request [short story] 1 exemplaire
Love in the Slump [short story] 1 exemplaire
Excursion in Reality [short story] 1 exemplaire
Out Out More Flags 1 exemplaire
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold and Others 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Un petit tour dans l'hindou kouch (1958) — Preface, quelques éditions — 1,365 exemplaires, 28 critiques
Le propriétaire (1906) — Introduction, quelques éditions; Préface, quelques éditions — 1,049 exemplaires, 21 critiques
[ASSASSIN'S CLOAK] by (Author)Taylor, Irene on Nov-11-03 (2000) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 562 exemplaires, 8 critiques
Noblesse oblige, an enquiry into the identifiable characteristics of the English aristocracy, by Alan S. C. Ross, Nancy… (1956) — Contributeur — 434 exemplaires, 4 critiques
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories for Late at Night (1961) — Contributeur — 266 exemplaires, 4 critiques
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories for Late at Night (1962) — Contributeur — 172 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Combined Operations: The Official Story of the Commandos (1943) — Introduction — 127 exemplaires, 1 critique
Climb: Stories of Survival from Rock, Snow and Ice (1999) — Contributeur — 62 exemplaires, 1 critique
Wild: Stories of Survival from the World's Most Dangerous Places (Adrenaline) (1999) — Contributeur — 60 exemplaires, 1 critique
An autobiography from the Jesuit underground (2011) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions — 26 exemplaires
The Best of Both Worlds: An Anthology of Stories for All Ages (1968) — Contributeur — 25 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Contributeur — 4 exemplaires
Brideshead Revisited, Volume One [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 2 exemplaires
Brideshead Revisited, Volume Four [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 exemplaire
Brideshead Revisited, Volume Two [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 exemplaire
Brideshead Revisited, Volume Three [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 exemplaire
Brideshead Revisited, Episode 11 [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 exemplaire
Brideshead Revisited, Volume Five [1981 TV miniseries] — Original novel — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Waugh, Arthur Evelyn St. John
- Date de naissance
- 1903-10-28
- Date de décès
- 1966-04-10
- Lieu de sépulture
- Combe Florey, Somerset, England
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Royaume-Uni
- Pays (pour la carte)
- England, UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Hampstead, Londres, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
- Lieu du décès
- Combe Florey, Somerset, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
- Cause du décès
- heart failure
- Lieux de résidence
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
Combe Florey, Somerset, England, UK
Gloucestershire, England, UK
London, England, UK - Études
- Lancing College
Oxford University (Hertford College)
Heatherley School of Fine Art
Holborn Polytechnic - Professions
- writer
teacher
journalist
literary critic
military officer - Relations
- Waugh, Arthur (father)
Waugh, Alec (brother)
Waugh, Auberon (son)
Waugh, Alexander (grandson)
Burghclere, Lady (mother-in-law)
Herbert, Aubrey (father-in-law) (tout afficher 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) - Organisations
- Royal Marines
Royal Horse Guards - Prix et distinctions
- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
Membres
Discussions
October 2021: Evelyn Waugh à Monthly Author Reads (Novembre 2021)
Group Read, November 2018: A Handful of Dust à 1001 Books to read before you die (Décembre 2018)
Critiques
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Unread books (1)
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BBC Top Books (1)
Didactic Fiction (1)
Elegant Prose (1)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 129
- Aussi par
- 74
- Membres
- 46,577
- Popularité
- #340
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 828
- ISBN
- 1,000
- Langues
- 26
- Favoris
- 294