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NAME: Evelyn Waugh
OCCUPATION: Educator, Artist, Journalist, Author
BIRTH DATE: October 28, 1903
DEATH DATE: April 10, 1966
EDUCATION: Lancing College, Hertford College
PLACE OF BIRTH: London, United Kingdom
PLACE OF DEATH: Combe Florey, United Kingdom
Full Name: Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh

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English writer Evelyn Waugh is regarded by many as the most brilliant satirical novelist of his day. His works include The Loved One and Brideshead Revisited.

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Evelyn Waugh was born October 28, 1903 in London, England. After short periods as an art student and schoolmaster, he devoted himself to travel and to the writing of novels. His novels are unusually highly wrought and precisely written. Those written before 1939 may be described as satirical. During World War II his writing took a more serious and ambitious turn. Waugh also wrote travel books.

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