Sir Evelyn Waugh

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Hertford_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Hawthornden_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1903-10-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Combe_Florey,_Somerset,_England
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heart failure
gptkbp:child gptkb:Auberon_Waugh
gptkbp:convertedTo gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:deathDate 1966-04-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Combe_Florey,_Somerset,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Lancing_College
gptkbp:father gptkb:Arthur_Waugh
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Arthur_Evelyn_St._John_Waugh
gptkbp:genre gptkb:travel_literature
fiction
satire
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Evelyn Waugh
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Martin_Amis
gptkb:Auberon_Waugh
gptkb:Kingsley_Amis
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Oscar_Wilde
gptkb:Ronald_Firbank
gptkbp:knownFor wit
satirical novels
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Handful_of_Dust
gptkb:Brideshead_Revisited
gptkb:Decline_and_Fall
gptkb:Scoop
gptkb:Sword_of_Honour_trilogy
gptkb:Vile_Bodies
gptkbp:occupation journalist
novelist
travelers
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:religiousConversionYear 1930
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Combe_Florey_House
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Alec_Waugh
gptkbp:signature Evelyn Waugh signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Evelyn_Gardner
gptkb:Laura_Herbert
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
literary criticism
gptkbp:writingPeriod 1928–1966
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cecil_Walter_Hardy_Beaton
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7