Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (1936) Winner
Evelyn Waugh
イーヴリン・ウォー
Īvurin Wō
Aliases:
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1903-10-28 （West Hampstead, London）
- Died
- 1966-04-10 （Combe Florey, Somerset） age 62
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholicism Baptized in 1930
- Residence History
- Golders Green, London → Lancing College → Hertford College, Oxford → Piers Court, Gloucestershire → Combe Florey, Somerset
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Journalist, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1923-1964
- Influenced By
- G.K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc
- Influenced
- Graham Greene, Kingsley Amis
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath Mount School | — | Preparatory school | — | 1910-1916 | United Kingdom |
| Lancing College | — | Public school | — | 1917-1921 | United Kingdom |
| Hertford College, Oxford | Modern History | Modern History | — | 1922-1924 | United Kingdom |
Heath Mount School
Preparatory school
Period:
1910-1916
Year of Graduation:
1916
Country:
United Kingdom
Lancing College
Public school
Period:
1917-1921
Year of Graduation:
1921
Country:
United Kingdom
Hertford College, Oxford
Modern History
/ Modern History
Period:
1922-1924
Year of Graduation:
1924
Country:
United Kingdom
No degree awarded
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Hawthornden Prize | Edmund Campion | — | Hawthornden Committee | 受賞 |
| 1953 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Men at Arms | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1963 | Companion of Literature | — | — | Royal Society of Literature | 受賞 |
Hawthornden Prize
1936
Work:
Edmund Campion
Organization:
Hawthornden Committee
Result:
受賞
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1953
Work:
Men at Arms
Result:
受賞
Companion of Literature
1963
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 34 (1952) Winner
Works
Major Works
Decline and Fall
1928 SatireA satirical novel following a young man's comical decline from public school.
Class societySatire
Brideshead Revisited
1945 NovelA nostalgic novel about Catholicism, aristocracy, and redemption.
CatholicismAristocracyRedemption
Adaptations
- [TV series] Brideshead Revisited (1981)
- [Film] Brideshead Revisited / Julian Jarrold (2008)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Elegant proseSatireHumour
- Recurring Motifs
- Catholic faithClass critiqueDecline
Health
-
Bromide poisoning leading to mental breakdown1954Hallucinations and paranoia. Recovered after treatment.
-
Heart failure晩年Cause of death.
Legacy
One of the great prose stylists of 20th-century English literature, known for satire and elegant style.
In Popular Culture
- Revived popularity via TV/film adaptations of Brideshead Revisited.
Quotes
-
You can only leave God out [of fiction] by making your characters pure abstractions.
Source: Fan Fare (1946)
Trivia
- Full name Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh.
- Named Evelyn after his mother.
- Dropped out of Oxford without degree.