W. Somerset Maugham
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25. januar 1874 — 15. december 1965 (91 år)
William Somerset Maugham CH (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was schooled in England and went to a German university. He became a medical student in London and qualified as a physician in 1897. He never practised medicine, and became a full-time writer. His first novel, Liza of Lambeth (1897), a study of life in the slums, attracted attention, but it was as a playwright that he first achieved national celebrity. By 1908 he had four plays running at once in the West End of London. He wrote his 32nd and last play in 1933, after which he abandoned the theatre and concentrated on novels and short stories.
Maugham's novels after Liza of Lambeth include Of Human Bondage (1915), The Moon and Sixpence (1919), The Painted Veil (1925), Cakes and Ale (1930) and The Razor's Edge (1944). His short stories were published in collections such as The Casuarina Tree (1926) and The Mixture as Before (1940); many of them have been adapted for radio, cinema and television. His great popularity and prodigious sales provoked adverse reactions from highbrow critics, many of whom sought to belittle him as merely competent. More recent assessments generally rank Of Human Bondage − a book with a large autobiographical element − as a masterpiece, and his short stories are widely held in high critical regard. Maugham's plain prose style became known for its lucidity, but his reliance on clichés attracted adverse critical comment.
During the First World War Maugham worked for the British Secret Service, later drawing on his experiences for stories published in the 1920s. Although primarily homosexual, he attempted to conform to some extent with the norms of his day. He became a father and husband, marrying Syrie Wellcome in 1917, three years into an affair that produced their daughter, Liza. The marriage lasted for twelve years, but before, during and after it, Maugham's principal partner was a younger man, Gerald Haxton. Together they made extended visits to Asia, the South Seas and other destinations; Maugham gathered material for his fiction wherever they went. They lived together in the French Riviera, where Maugham entertained lavishly. After Haxton's death in 1944, Alan Searle became Maugham's secretary-companion for the rest of the author's life. Maugham gave up writing novels shortly after the Second World War, and his last years were marred by senility. He died at the age of 91.
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Maugham's novels after Liza of Lambeth include Of Human Bondage (1915), The Moon and Sixpence (1919), The Painted Veil (1925), Cakes and Ale (1930) and The Razor's Edge (1944). His short stories were published in collections such as The Casuarina Tree (1926) and The Mixture as Before (1940); many of them have been adapted for radio, cinema and television. His great popularity and prodigious sales provoked adverse reactions from highbrow critics, many of whom sought to belittle him as merely competent. More recent assessments generally rank Of Human Bondage − a book with a large autobiographical element − as a masterpiece, and his short stories are widely held in high critical regard. Maugham's plain prose style became known for its lucidity, but his reliance on clichés attracted adverse critical comment.
During the First World War Maugham worked for the British Secret Service, later drawing on his experiences for stories published in the 1920s. Although primarily homosexual, he attempted to conform to some extent with the norms of his day. He became a father and husband, marrying Syrie Wellcome in 1917, three years into an affair that produced their daughter, Liza. The marriage lasted for twelve years, but before, during and after it, Maugham's principal partner was a younger man, Gerald Haxton. Together they made extended visits to Asia, the South Seas and other destinations; Maugham gathered material for his fiction wherever they went. They lived together in the French Riviera, where Maugham entertained lavishly. After Haxton's death in 1944, Alan Searle became Maugham's secretary-companion for the rest of the author's life. Maugham gave up writing novels shortly after the Second World War, and his last years were marred by senility. He died at the age of 91.
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| 2006 | The Painted Veil · as Novel |
| 2004 | |
| 2000 | Up at the Villa · as Novel |
| 1984 | The Razor's Edge · as Novel |
| 1982 | The Letter · as Novel |
| 1979 | Theatre · as Novel |
| 1978 | Teatris · as Novel |
| 1978 | |
| 1965 | Play of the Month · as Novel |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 | Of Human Bondage · as Novel |
| 1962 | |
| 1959 | The Moon and Sixpence · as Novel |
| 1957 | The Seventh Sin · as Novel |
| 1956 | |
| 1950 | Trio · as Screenplay |
| 1948 | Studio One · as Novel |
| 1947 | The Unfaithful · as Novel |
| 1946 | The Razor's Edge · as Novel |
| 1946 | Of Human Bondage · as Novel |
| 1944 | The Hour Before the Dawn · as Novel |
| 1944 | Christmas Holiday · as Novel |
| 1942 | The Moon and Sixpence · as Novel |
| 1936 | Isle of Fury · as Novel |
| 1936 | Secret Agent · as Novel |
| 1935 | The Right to Live · as Novel |
| 1934 | The Painted Veil · as Novel |
| 1934 | Of Human Bondage · as NovelPå Plex |
| 1933 | The Narrow Corner · as Novel |
| 1927 | Vad kvinnan vill · as Novel |
| 1926 | The Magician · as Novel |
| 2007 | Chris & Don: A Love Story · as Self |
| 1954 | Caesar's Hour · as Self |
| 1953 | Panorama · as Self |
| 1951 | Encore · as Self And Narrator |
| 1950 | Trio · as Himself |
| 1948 | Quartet · as Himself |
| 1944 | The Hour Before the Dawn · as W. Somerset Maugham |
| 1991 | Ashenden · as Short Story |
| 1987 | Change of Fate · as Story |
| 1984 | Overnight Sensation · as Short Story |
| 1980 | Poniro thilyko... katergara gynaika! · as Play "theatre" |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected · as Story |
| 1974 | Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love · as Original Story |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries · as Story "a Point Of Law" |
| 1970 | To theatro tis Defteras · as Play |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse · as Play |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight · as Play |
| 1965 | Jackanory · as Book |
| 1962 | Adorable Julia · as Story |
| 1961 | A String of Beads · as Short Story |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play · as Play |
| 1957 | Suspicion · as Story |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week · as Play |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse · as Play |
| 1955 | Three for the Show · as Theatre Play |
| 1955 | The Star and the Story · as From A Story By |
| 1954 | Three Cases of Murder · as Story |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase · as Story |
| 1954 | The Beachcomber · as Story |
| 1953 | Miss Sadie Thompson · as Story |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse · as StoryPå Plex |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · as Original |
| 1951 | Encore · as Story |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents · as Play |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre · as Play |
| 1948 | Quartet · as Story |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre · as Play |
| 1946 | Somewhere in the Night · as Adaptation |
| 1946 | Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. · as Story "miss Thompson" |
| 1940 | The Letter · as Theatre Play |
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands · as Theatre Play |
| 1938 | The Beachcomber · as Story |
| 1937 | Another Dawn · as Story "the Ambassador's Wife" |
| 1936 | The Tenth Man · as Theatre Play |
| 1933 | Our Betters · as Theatre Play |
| 1932 | Rain · as Story |
| 1930 | Strictly Unconventional · as Theatre Play |
| 1929 | The Letter · as Theatre Play |
| 1929 | Charming Sinners · as Theatre Play |
| 1928 | Sadie Thompson · as Story |
| 1926 | The Canadian · as Theatre Play |
| 1925 | The Circle · as Theatre Play |
| 1925 | East of Suez · as Story |