Since French law declared that all children born on French soil could be conscripted for military service, his father arranged for Maugham to be born at the embassy, diplomatically considered British soil. Maugham was living in London, meeting people of a "low" sort, whom he would never have met otherwise, and seeing them at a time of heightened anxiety and meaning in their lives. He was an English novelist, playwright, and short-story writer whose work is characterized by a clear unadorned style, cosmopolitan settings, and a shrewd understanding of human nature. This character is considered to have influenced Ian Fleming's later series of James Bond novels. On his death, Maugham donated his royalties to the Royal Literary Fund.[60]. From 1951, about 14 years before his death, his paintings began their exhibition life. The famous novelist Somerset Maugham left England to find a place in the Mediterranean sun among the colony of artists, royals and celebrities living on the glamorous Cote d’Azur. Ended: 21 Mar, 2021 11:39:08 GMT. ed the Somerset Maugham Award, awarded to the best British writer or writers under the age of thirty-five of a work SINGAPORE, Jul 10 2020 - William Somerset Maugham was already an established author when he began to focus on short stories. Venkataramiah, Munagala, 15 October 1938, This page was last edited on 22 April 2021, at 00:58. The move was emotionally damaging, as Henry Maugham was cold and emotionally cruel. The Society of Authors is a company registered in England number 00019993 and an independent trade union. [citation needed] He did not want to become a lawyer like other men in his family, so he trained and qualified as a physician. His review gave the book a lift, and it has never been out of print since. . Maugham's supernatural thriller The Magician (1908) based its principal character on the well-known and somewhat disreputable Aleister Crowley. He wrote many novels, plays and short stories, many of those were admired as master pieces. As he was unable to return to his ambulance unit, Syrie arranged for him to be introduced to a high-ranking intelligence officer known as "R"; he was recruited by John Wallinger. Uczęszczał do King’s School w Canterbury oraz na uniwersytet w Heidelbergu, gdzie studiował literaturę, filozofię i germanistykę (znajomość języka niemieckiego przydała mu się później w pracy dla wywiadu). During the First World War, he served with the Red Cross and in the ambulance corps before being recruited in 1916 into the British Secret Intelligence Service. Their father, Robert Ormond Maugham, was a lawyer and handled the legal affairs of the British Embassy in Paris. In May 1917, following the decree absolute, Syrie Wellcome and Maugham were married. 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