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El Premio Somerset Maugham es un premio literario británico entregado cada año en mayo por la Sociedad de Autores ( Society of Authors ). Es entregado al mejor escritor o a los mejores escritores menores de 35 años que hayan publicado un libro en el año anterior. El premio fue creado en 1947 por William Somerset Maugham, por lo que lleva su ...
W. Somerset Maugham föddes i Paris, fick sin skolutbildning i Canterbury och Heidelberg och studerade sedan medicin i London. Under första världskriget var han hemlig agent i Ryssland; hans spionroman Ashenden or The British Agent (1928) bygger på denna erfarenhet. Maugham skrev ofta om lite udda livsöden och situationer i exotisk miljö.
The Razor's Edge is a 1944 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It tells the story of Larry Darrell, an American pilot traumatized by his experiences in World War I, who sets off in search of some transcendent meaning in his life. The story begins through the eyes of Larry's friends and acquaintances as they witness his personality change after the ...
The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, first published on 15 April 1919.It is told in episodic form by a first-person narrator providing a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist.
W. Somerset Maugham. William Somerset Maugham [mɔːm] ( 25. tammikuuta 1874 Pariisi, Ranska – 16. joulukuuta 1965 Nizza, Ranska) oli englantilainen näytelmäkirjailija, kirjailija ja novellisti, 1930-luvun tunnetuimpia länsimaisia kirjailijoita ja tiettävästi myös suurituloisimpia.
W. Somerset Maugham (born Jan. 25, 1874, Paris, France—died Dec. 16, 1965, Nice) was an English novelist, playwright, and short-story writer whose work is characterized by a clear unadorned style, cosmopolitan settings, and a shrewd understanding of human nature. Maugham was orphaned at the age of 10; he was brought up by an uncle and ...
The playwright, novelist and short-story writer W. Somerset Maugham, was a prolific author from the late 19th century until the 1960s. Most of his earliest successes were for the theatre, but he gave up writing plays after 1932. Many of his plays have been adapted for broadcasting and the cinema, as have several of his novels and short stories.
