British writer and journalist (1903–1966)

Evelyn Waugh

Arthur Evelyn St.

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Profession
British writer and journalist (1903–1966)
Born
1903-10-28
Portrait of Evelyn Waugh
Photo: Carl Van Vechten (1880–1964) / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

Overview

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh 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 Revisited (1945), and the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952–1961). He is recognised as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century.

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