Maugham

American

[mawm] / mɔm /

noun

W(illiam) Somerset 1874–1965, English novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer.

Maugham British

/ ˈmɔːm /

noun

W ( illiam ) Somerset. 1874–1965, English writer. His works include the novels Of Human Bondage (1915) and Cakes and Ale (1930), short stories, and comedies

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“He did not much like me,” Maugham writes, “for which I cannot blame him, since I do not think I was a likeable boy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng received his third long-list nomination, this time for “The House of Doors,” a book of historical fiction drawn from the life of Somerset Maugham.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

The novel’s electric prose established Mr. Amis as an important young English writer and won the Somerset Maugham Award for writers under 30.

From New York Times ● May 20, 2023

At its opening in 1925, Virginia Woolf, Noel Coward, Somerset Maugham and Nancy Cunard were among the guests.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2022

It's a pretty good book and all, but I wouldn't want to call Somerset Maugham up.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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