Somerset maugham biography
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W. Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (–)
William Somerset Maugham[n 2]CH (MAWM; 25 January – 16 December )[n 1] was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was schooled in England and went to a German university. He became a medical student in London and qualified as a physician in He never practised medicine, and became a full-time writer. His first novel, Liza of Lambeth (), a study of life in the slums, attracted attention, but it was as a playwright that he first achieved national celebrity. By he had four plays running at once in the West End of London. He wrote his 32nd and last play in , after which he abandoned the theatre and concentrated on novels and short stories.
Maugham's novels after Liza of Lambeth include Of Human Bondage (), The Moon and Sixpence (), The Painted Veil (), Cakes and Ale () and The Razor's Edge (). His short sto
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Somerset Maugham
Maugham lived a long and very productive life ( – ), so his writings spanned many changing literary trends and authors. He knew from a young age that he wanted to be a writer. And he also knew that he had to gather life experience. For this he studied at medical school for four years in order to witness life in the raw; his novel “Liza of Lambeth” is based directly on his training. He also travelled extensively – first in Europe and as he became richer the entire globe. Maugham found success first as a play-write – and only later as a novelist.
Maugham was a homosexual. I use that term instead of the word gay because it was not used during Maugham’s era, or for that matter when this book was published in Of great significa
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The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham
The definitive biography of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.
For nearly sixty years Somerset Maugham () was one of the most famous writers in the world. An enormously successful playwright and the author of over a hundred short stories and twenty-one novels several of which are now established classics Maugham expertly concealed a private life. Predominantly homosexual, and deeply in love with the charming but dissolute Gerald Haxton, he made a disastrous marriage to Syrie Wellcome which he would escape by travelling and writing extensively in the Far East. A talented linguist, during both world wars Maugham worked for British Intelligence. In between he moved in literary and teatralisk circles in London, New York and Hollywood and entertained lavishly at his luxurious villa in the south of France. Outwardly his life was richly rewarding, but privately he suffered anguish from an unrequited love romantisk händelse and a s