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Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh, full name Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh, was a British satirical writer, travel writer and historian.

Evelyn Waugh studied at Lancing College in Sussex and at Hertford College in Oxford. He then began traveling and writing, soon earning a reputation as a witty satirist. He visited Ethiopia and the Belgian Congo, and traveled to South America. His works are almost always based on personal experience; notable among the early ones are Decline and Fall (1928), Nasty Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), and others.

During World War II, Evelyn Waugh served in the Royal Marines and the Royal Horse Guards. Written at this time, the novel "Return to Brideshead" (1945) is about an aristocratic English Roman Catholic family. In the trilogy "Men in Arms" (1952), "Officers and Gentlemen" (1955) and "Unconditional Surrender" (1961), the author conducted a serious analysis of the events of World War II, as an eternal struggle between good and evil, civilization and barbarism. Later on these works were filmed television series.

Evelyn Waugh also left a significant trace in journalism and literary criticism, he is considered one of the finest stylists in English prose of the XX century.

Date and place of birt:28 october 1903, London, United Kingdom
Date and place of death:10 april 1966, County of Somerset, United Kingdom
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Critic, Historian, Journalist, Writer
Art style:Post War Art, Realism

Creators Post War Art

Leonardo Nierman (1932 - 2023)
Leonardo Nierman
1932 - 2023
Alexander Viktorovich Moravov (1878 - 1951)
Alexander Viktorovich Moravov
1878 - 1951
Eberhard Viegener (1890 - 1967)
Eberhard Viegener
1890 - 1967
Liang Danfeng (1935 - 2021)
Liang Danfeng
1935 - 2021
Adolf Iosifovich Charlemagne (1826 - 1901)
Adolf Iosifovich Charlemagne
1826 - 1901
Augustin Pall (1882 - ?)
Augustin Pall
1882 - ?
Ivan Alexeyevich Vladimirov (1870 - 1947)
Ivan Alexeyevich Vladimirov
1870 - 1947
Serafima Petrovna Bogdanova (1925 - 2010)
Serafima Petrovna Bogdanova
1925 - 2010
Louise Cox (1865 - 1945)
Louise Cox
1865 - 1945
Frederick Morgan (1847 - 1927)
Frederick Morgan
1847 - 1927
Ferdinand Marinus (1808 - 1890)
Ferdinand Marinus
1808 - 1890
Edgar Brandt (1880 - 1960)
Edgar Brandt
1880 - 1960
Walter Schulz-Matan (1889 - 1965)
Walter Schulz-Matan
1889 - 1965
Mikhail Osipovich Mikeshin (1835 - 1896)
Mikhail Osipovich Mikeshin
1835 - 1896
Giuseppe Novello (1897 - 1988)
Giuseppe Novello
1897 - 1988
Carl von Häberlin (1832 - 1911)
Carl von Häberlin
1832 - 1911
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