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Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE ( / ˈwʊdhaʊs / WOOD-howss; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century.
Sometime in September 1914, while he was living in the USA, P. G. Wodehouse married Ethel May Wayman, née Newton, an English widow with a daughter named Leonora. The marriage was childless; but Wodehouse legally adopted Leonora and was distraught when she died prematurely in 1844.
Dec 24, 2020 · “In total, Wodehouse saw his parents for barely six months between the ages of three and 15, which is by any standards a shattering emotional deprivation,” he noted in 2005’s Wodehouse: A...
May 24, 2024 · “The Black Crook” P.G. Wodehouse (born October 15, 1881, Guildford, Surrey, England—died February 14, 1975, Southampton, New York, U.S.) was an English-born comic novelist, short-story writer, lyricist, and playwright, best known as the creator of Jeeves, the supreme “gentleman’s gentleman.”
P.G. Wodehouse (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was one of the greatest comic writers of the Twentieth Century. He became a master of farce, creating a wonderful array of characters and imaginary fairyland based on the Edwardian British upper class.
It is nicely filled out as well by Sophie Ratcliffe’s 2011 edition of Wodehouse’s personal correspondence, P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters, which in addition to good biographic detail, reveals much of the man in his private moments in writing to his few friends, loving family, and many correspondents.
Feb 15, 2017 · Biography of PG Wodehouse. This section of our website contains a 'Potted' biography (click here ), with milestones, of P G Wodehouse's life and work. We do not display here a full biography of PGW as space and time do not allow us to do justice to this comic genius.
Nov 27, 2020 · Another long-standing fan of Wodehouse is Sushmita Sen Gupta. She lives in Delhi but has been a member of the UK Wodehouse Society almost since it began.
Jan 30, 2013 · Jan. 30, 2013. Writing to his agent in 1935, the comic novelist P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) proposed an essay about literary criticism that he planned to call “Back to Whiskers.” This piece is...
Mar 8, 2013 · By most measures, P. G. Wodehouse, arguably the greatest writer of comic prose ever, hardly had a life. That was what enabled him to be so productive.
