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==Notable Achievements==
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==Description==
  
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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.
  
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==See Also==
  
==Description==
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* [[Notable LGBTQ Essayists]]
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==Further Reading/Research==
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* https://www.biography.com/writer/evelyn-waugh
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* https://glreview.org/article/waughs-life-reconsidered-still-dismal/
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* https://evelynwaughsociety.org/2016/waugh-ranks-high-on-lgbt-authors-list/
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* https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3520642/How-Evelyn-Waugh-s-gay-Oxford-lover-Brideshead-Revisited-s-Sebastian.html
  
Main orientation from 1922-1926 was homosexual.  A dandy at Oxford, where he was a member of the Hypocrites Club. Noted for 'Brideshead Revisited' . Prolific writer.
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Revision as of 00:28, 18 June 2021

Evelyn Waugh

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


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