Evelyn Waugh was a British writer and journalist born in 1903 in London. He wrote several acclaimed novels known for their satirical humor including Decline and Fall, A Handful of Dust, and Brideshead Revisited. Waugh traveled extensively, including four trips to Africa and two to America. He married twice, having four children with his second wife Laura Herbert, though one daughter died in infancy. Waugh converted to Catholicism in 1930 and lived in Somerset until his death in 1966.

1. EVELYN WAUGH
London 28 october 1903 - Somerset 10 april 1966
By Aramo

2. WHO WAS HIM?
 He was a very important writer of novels,
biographies and travel books.
 He was a journalist and reviewer of books too.
 He left his studies dedicating himself to several
works like the cabinetmaking and the marquetry.
 Is characterized by his black and satirical humor
in novels.
 He had an adventurous spirit.

3. BIOGRAPHY
 He was born the 28 October 1902 in Hillfield Road, Hampstead (London).
 In 1910 he started his studies in the school of Heath Mount
 In 1917 he started in the Lancing college of Sussex
 In 1930 he converted to Catholicism
 He died the 10 April 1966 in Combe Florey (Somerset)

4. TRAVELS
 He did ten different travels around the
world
 In 1939 he got in the armed forces
because of the second world war and
in 1944 they sent him to Yugoslavia.
 But a year after that he returned to
London and his normal life.
 He travelled four times to Africa (in
1930,1933,1935 and 1958), two to
America (in 1947) and took a cruise by
the Mediterranean in 1929.

5. Marriages and children
 He got married two times.
 The first time was in 1928 with Evelyn
Gardener but they divorced two years
later.
 The second time was in 1937 with Laura
Herbert. With her he had a son (in 1950,
he was called Septimus) and three
daughters (in 1937 she was called Teresa,
in 1940 and in 1944 that was called
Harriet) but one died the same year of her
birth (in 1940).

6. Most famous works
 Decline and Fall (1928) that’s a satire.
 A Handful of Dust (1934) that’s another satire.
 Brideshead Revisited (1945) that’s a novel.
 The Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952–61).