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W. Somerset Maugham

Writing

Born January 25, 1874 · Paris, France

Died December 15, 1965

Also known as William Somerset Maugham · Somerset Maugham

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Biography

William Somerset Maugham was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories.

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Awards & recognition

  • honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse · 1947
  • Companion of Honour
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1965 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1964 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1962 · nominated
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  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1961 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1959 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1955 · nominated

Filmography22 titles

The Painted Veil

2006Novel

The Letter

1940Theatre Play

The Moon and Sixpence

1959Novel

The Razor's Edge

1946Novel

Vessel of Wrath

1938Story

Tales of the Unexpected

1979Story

Rain

1932Story

Of Human Bondage

1934Novel

Being Julia

2004Writer

The Razor's Edge

1984Novel

The Painted Veil

1934Novel

Quartet

1948as Himself

Encore

1951as Self and Narrator

Of Human Bondage

1964Novel

Three Cases of Murder

1955Story

Secret Agent

1936Novel

The Magician

1926Novel

Three for the Show

1955Theatre Play

The Unfaithful

1947Novel

The Letter

1929Theatre Play

The Circle

1925Theatre Play

The Right to Live

1935Novel