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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.
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.
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Alec Waugh. Born Alexander Raban Waugh to Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic, and publisher. He was the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh. His third wife was Virginia Sorenson, author of the Newbery Medal-winning Miracles on Maple Hill.
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Alec Waugh has 90 books on Goodreads with 2017 ratings. Alec Waugh’s most popular book is Island in the Sun: A Story of the 1950's Set in the West.
Sep 4, 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 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.
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