Evelyn Waugh

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biographer human journalist memoirist novelist satirist short story writer

Evelyn Waugh was a prominent 20th-century English novelist best known for his satirical and stylistically elegant works such as "Brideshead Revisited" and "A Handful of Dust."

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Surface form	Occurrences
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh	1
Waugh	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographer ⓘ human ⓘ journalist ⓘ memoirist ⓘ novelist ⓘ satirist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart failure ⓘ
child	Auberon Waugh ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1903-10-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1966-04-10 ⓘ
educatedAt	Hertford College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancing College ⓘ
familyName	Evelyn Waugh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Waugh
father	Arthur Waugh ⓘ
fullName	Evelyn Waugh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh
genre	Catholic novel ⓘ comic novel ⓘ satire ⓘ
givenName	Arthur ⓘ Evelyn ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ Royal Marines ⓘ
notableWork	A Handful of Dust ⓘ Black Mischief ⓘ Brideshead Revisited ⓘ Decline and Fall ⓘ Put Out More Flags ⓘ Scoop ⓘ Sword of Honour trilogy ⓘ The Loved One ⓘ Vile Bodies ⓘ
occupation	journalist ⓘ novelist ⓘ teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster
placeOfDeath	Combe Florey ⓘ England ⓘ Somerset ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	Alec Waugh ⓘ
spouse	Evelyn Gardner ⓘ Laura Herbert ⓘ
writingStyle	elegant prose ⓘ satirical tone ⓘ

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Brideshead Revisited (TV, 1981) → authorOfSourceWork → Evelyn Waugh ⓘ

Evelyn Waugh → familyName → Evelyn Waugh self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waugh

BBC television series Faulks on Fiction → featuresAuthor → Evelyn Waugh ⓘ

subject surface form: Faulks on Fiction

Evelyn Waugh → fullName → Evelyn Waugh self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh

P. G. Wodehouse → influenced → Evelyn Waugh ⓘ

Pelham → influenced → Evelyn Waugh ⓘ

subject surface form: Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Evelyn Waugh’s wife Laura Herbert (Herbert family grave)? → marriedTo → Evelyn Waugh ⓘ

subject surface form: Laura Herbert

Evelyn Waugh’s wife Laura Herbert (Herbert family grave)? → spouse → Evelyn Waugh ⓘ

subject surface form: Laura Herbert