WRITER

Evelyn Waugh

1903 - 1966

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Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Evelyn Waugh is the 1,456th most popular writer (up from 1,488th in 2019), the 1,307th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,148th in 2019) and the 138th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Evelyn Waugh ranks 1,456 out of 7,302. Before him are José de Espronceda, Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, Marie Anne Lenormand, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Magda Szabó, and J. G. Ballard. After him are Viktor Suvorov, Lee Child, Naim Frashëri, Marcus Garvey, Sadegh Hedayat, and César Vallejo.

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Among people born in 1903, Evelyn Waugh ranks 80. Before him are Yevgeny Mravinsky, Johannes Heesters, Waldemar Hoven, Werner Best, Erskine Caldwell, and Charles W. Morris. After him are Sadegh Hedayat, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Lou Gehrig, Mikhail Kalatozov, Alice Herz-Sommer, and Heinz Reinefarth. Among people deceased in 1966, Evelyn Waugh ranks 53. Before him are Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Lao She, Siegfried Kracauer, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Erwin Piscator, and Jisaburō Ozawa. After him are Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Marguerite Long, Sadao Araki, Demchugdongrub, Hendrik Verwoerd, and Caterina Albert.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Evelyn Waugh ranks 1,307 out of 8,785. Before him are Janick Gers (1957), Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), Adrian Newey (1958), Frances Yates (1899), Ranulph Fiennes (1944), and PJ Harvey (1969). After him are Robert Fludd (1574), Lee Child (1954), Frances Fisher (1952), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Robert Recorde (1512), and Hugh Griffith (1912).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Evelyn Waugh ranks 138. Before him are P. D. James (1920), E. L. James (1963), John Berger (1926), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Ruth Rendell (1930), and James Anderson (1680). After him are Lee Child (1954), Bernard Cornwell (1944), Joseph Addison (1672), Alistair MacLean (1922), Winifred Wagner (1897), and Elizabeth Siddal (1829).

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