Evelyn Waugh
From QueerBio.com
Country
Great Britain
Birth - Death
1903 - 1966
Occupation
Writer
Description
Main orientation from 1922-1926 was homosexual. A dandy at Oxford, where he was a member of the Hypocrites Club. Noted for the books 'Brideshead Revisited' (1945) and 'A Handful of Dust' (1934). Prolific writer, novelist and biographer. He had homosexual affairs in his undergraduate days, as described in his Diaries, but later in life tended toward the homophobic.
See Also
Further Reading/Research
- https://www.biography.com/writer/evelyn-waugh
- https://glreview.org/article/waughs-life-reconsidered-still-dismal/
- https://evelynwaughsociety.org/2016/waugh-ranks-high-on-lgbt-authors-list/
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3520642/How-Evelyn-Waugh-s-gay-Oxford-lover-Brideshead-Revisited-s-Sebastian.html
