W. Somerset Maugham
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1874-01-25 (91 years old)
Deathday
1965-12-15
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also known As
William Somerset Maugham
Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham
Biography
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 ...
Acting
1926
as Monsieur Duval
1948
as Himself
1951
as Self and Narrator
1950
as Himself
Production
1936
as Novel
1984
as Novel
1944
as Novel
1922
as Story
2006
as Novel
1926
as Novel
1928
as Story
1935
as Novel
1932
as Story
1934
as Novel
1953
as Story
1955
as Story
2000
as Novel
1940
as Theatre Play
1934
as Novel
1946
as Novel
1942
as Novel
1948
as Story
1940
as Theatre Play
1964
as Novel
1966
as Theatre Play
1936
as Novel
1946
as Novel
1951
as Story
1969
as Author
1957
as Novel
1982
as Novel
1959
as Novel
1944
as Novel
2016
as Novel
1925
as Theatre Play
1925
as Story
1965
as Writer
1955
as Theatre Play
1919
as Theatre Play
1961
as Short Story
1917
as Theatre Play
1938
as Story
1936
as Theatre Play
1984
as Short Story
1974
as Original Story
1980
as Story
1933
as Theatre Play
1973
as Original Story
1982
as Writer
1978
as Novel
1933
as Novel
1962
as Story
1962
1931
as Theatre Play
1959
as Story
2004
as Writer
1939
as Writer
1930
as Theatre Play
1947
as Novel
1980
as Author
1925
as Theatre Play
1926
as Theatre Play
1929
as Theatre Play
1950
as Screenplay
1950
as Story
1931
as Theatre Play
1920
as Theatre Play
1929
as Theatre Play
1980
as Novel
1931
as Novel
1929
as Theatre Play
1987
as Original Film Writer
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