Dates

• Existence: 1874 - 1965

Biography

William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was an English writer known for his plays, novels and short stories.

W. Somerset Maugham was born on January 25, 1874, in Paris, France. He went to school in London and eventually became a medical student, after which he earned his qualifications as a physician in 1897. However, he went on to become a writer and never practiced medicine. Maugham was married to Syrie Wellcome, and had one child. He also had a partner, Gerald Haxton, who was his secretary, and later, after Haxton's death, Alan Searle, who also worked as his secretary. He wrote his first novel, "Liza of Lambeth," in 1897, and his last soon after WWII. He gained national fame as a playwright, creating 32 plays in his life, the last in 1933. Maugham worked for the British Secret Service in WWI and traveled extensively throughout his life. He died December 16, 1965.

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His The merry-go round ... 1904.

His Tao feng, 1982: t.p. (Mao-mu) t.p. verso (W. Somerset Maugham)

Arapov, B. A. Dokhdʹ, 1984: t.p. (S. Maugham; S. Moėma)

Uzornyĭ pokrov, c2001: t.p. (Somerset Moėm)

Nilāvum ār̲ukācum : nāval, 2007: t.p. (Cāmarseṭ Mākam) cover (Cāmarseṭ Mām) p. iii (Villiyam Cāmarseṭ Mākam, 1874-1965; novelist, playwright)

Wikipedia, Aug. 11, 2014 (W. Somerset Maugham; b. Jan. 25, 1874; d. Dec. 16, 1965; British playwright, novelist and short story writer)

Darbārah-ʼi rumān va dāstān-i kūtāh, [1973 or 1974]: t.p. (سامرست موام = Sāmirsit Muvā̄m) t.p. verso (Somerset Maugham [in rom.])

LAC internal file, September 22, 2022 (access point: Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965; variants: Maugham, S. (Somerset), 1874-1965; Maugham, Somerset, 1874-1965; Maugham, William Somerset, 1874-1965)

New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925), Dec. 5 2022: in an article entitled "Counter-espionage" by Jill Lepore on page 28 (In 1927, W. Somerset Maugham wrote "Ashenden: or, The British agent," about a writer who is recruited into British intelligence by a handler called R. During the war, Maugham had been a spook)

Wikipedia, accessed March 5, 2024 (born in Paris, France; went to school in London and eventually became a medical student, after which he earned his qualifications as a physician in 1897; went on to become a writer and never ended up practicing medicine; married to Syrie Wellcome, and had one child; also had a partner, Gerald Haxton, who was his secretary, and later, after Haxton's death, Alan Searle, who also worked as his secretary; wrote his first novel, "Liza of Lambeth," in 1897, and his last soon after WWII; gained national fame as a playwright, creating 32 plays in his life, the last in 1933; worked for the British Secret Service in WWI and traveled extensively throughout his life)

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