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Alec Waugh
Alec Waugh in 1931
Alec Waugh in 1931
Born
Alexander Raban Waugh

8 July 1898
London, England
Died3 September 1981(1981-09-03) (aged 83)
Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Resting placeSt John-at-Hampstead
EducationSherborne School
Spouses
Barbara Jacobs
(m. 1919; div. 1923)
Joan Chirnside
(m. 1932; died 1969)
Virginia Sorenson
(m. 1969)
ChildrenAndrew Alexander Waugh
Veronica Waugh
Peter Raban Waugh
Parent(s)Arthur Waugh
Catherine Charlotte Raban

Alexander Raban Waugh (8 July 1898 – 3 September 1981) was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh, uncle of Auberon Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic and publisher. His first wife was Barbara Jacobs (daughter of the writer William Wymark Jacobs), his second wife was Joan Chirnside and his third wife was Virginia Sorenson, author of the Newbery Medal-winning Miracles on Maple Hill.

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(1870–1954) in 1893; their first son Alexander Raban Waugh (always known as Alec) was born on 8 July 1898. Alec Waugh later became a novelist of note. At the time...

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Although it has been said that the inventor of the cocktail party was Alec Waugh of London, an article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press in May 1917 credited...

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novelist Evelyn Waugh, grandson of the author and publisher Arthur Waugh and nephew of Alec Waugh. His mother was Laura Herbert, his father's second wife, a daughter...

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that they were interviewed by Alec Waugh in the spring of 1927 for an article on modern girls. The two girls invited Alec to a party given in Portland...

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publisher (father of Alec and Evelyn) Alec Waugh (1898–1981), British novelist Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), British novelist Auberon Waugh (1939–2001), British...

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it. He was the second cousin, once removed, of the novelists Alec Waugh and Evelyn Waugh. He lived at Brook Lodge, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland. Cockburn...

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footballer Alec Waugh (1898–1981), British novelist Alec Wilder (1907–1980), American composer Alec Wilkinson (born 1952), American writer Alec Wills (1911–1941)...

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Daisy Louisa Dominica Waugh (born 19 February 1967) is an English novelist and journalist. A member of a literary dynasty, Waugh is the second daughter...

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Evelyn Waugh bibliography

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Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) was a British writer, journalist and reviewer, generally considered one of the leading English prose writers of the 20th century...

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Bright young things

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Dorothy Sayers (Murder Must Advertise), and the poet John Betjeman. Evelyn Waugh's 1930 novel Vile Bodies, adapted as the 2003 film Bright Young Things, is...

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Authors Cricket Club

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revival in the 1940s. Among those who joined him on the team were novelists Alec Waugh, John Moore and Thomas Armstrong, as well as Test cricket legends Len...

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Stephen Boyd

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provocative film Island in the Sun starring Dorothy Dandridge, based on the Alec Waugh novel. Boyd portrayed a young English aristocrat who becomes the lover...

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Bosdari's divorce from Josephine Fish came to light. According to the writer Alec Waugh, Bosdari was a friend in the 1920s who was interned by the Germans during...

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Sight screen

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eye. The Economist. ESPNcricinfo Staff.For good measure. ESPNcricinfo. Alec Waugh. Talking point for cricket. Sports Illustrated. Peter English. Bulb breaks...

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Marda Vanne

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(1929) by Monckton Hoffe. Vanne became a good friend of Alec Waugh, the brother of Evelyn Waugh. Alec noted in one of his books that Marda tended to be cast...

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The Green Eye of the Yellow God

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jewel to the idol. In his book My Brother Evelyn and Other Profiles, Alec Waugh gives Hayes's account of the writing of the poem: I wrote The Green Eye...

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Up the Line to Death

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Virginia Sorensen

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1969 married author Alec Waugh at the Rock of Gibraltar. She later converted to Anglicanism at Waugh's request. Sorensen and Waugh lived primarily in Morocco...

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