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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As the most lavish hotel East of Suez, it hosted literary heroes like Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad and Somerset Maugham.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

At the counter-protest, Lynne Maugham said she and her husband had extended a stay in the capital to attend.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2022

“In the Castle of My Skin” was a critical success, winning the Somerset Maugham Award and earning Mr. Lamming a Guggenheim fellowship.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2022

In his small library were works of poetry and philosophy and novels by such writers as Somerset Maugham.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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