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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.
4 de sept. de 1981 · Alec Waugh, the author of 50 books during a career that spanned nearly 65 years and who was best known for ''Island in the Sun,'' died yesterday in Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital, two weeks...
Alec Waugh Average rating: 3.52 · 527 ratings · 102 reviews · 90 distinct works • Similar authors Island in the Sun: A Story of the 1950's Set in the West
4 de jul. de 2024 · Alec Waugh (born July 8, 1898, Hampstead, London—died Sept. 3, 1981, Tampa, Fla., U.S.) was an English popular novelist and travel writer, older brother of the writer Evelyn Waugh. Waugh was educated at Sherborne, from which he was expelled, and the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst.
Alec Waugh has 90 books on Goodreads with 2022 ratings. Alec Waugh’s most popular book is Island in the Sun: A Story of the 1950's Set in the West.
Alec Waugh is the elder brother of Evelyn Waugh, who wrote Brideshead Revisited. This 1955 book is about the end of the British Empire, by an author who was an exemplar of the British upper crust. The author cannot escape his upbringing and perspective, but he recognizes the consequences of the new period of the Commonwealth.
The current issue of The Oldie has a memoir by Alexander Waugh of his Uncle Alec. He was known in the family as “Uncle Sex” and the memoir is written on the 100th anniversary of the publication of his novel Loom of Youth which discussed homosexuality among public schoolboys.
