William Somerset Maugham (pronounced 'mawm'), CH (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era, and reputedly, the highest paid author during the 1930s.
Maugham's father Robert Ormond Maugham was an English lawyer handling the legal affairs of the British embassy in Paris, France. Since French law declared that all children born on French soil coul...
more
Read article at Wikipedia
Date of birth:
- Jan 25, 1874
Date of death:
- Dec 16, 1965 (age 91 years)
Place of birth:
Also known as:
- William Somerset Maugham,
- Somerset Maugham W.,
- Somerset Maugham
- Scroll to:
- Author
- Film writer
- People
- Influence Node
