Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, ( 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English humorist, whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years, and his many writings continue to be widely read.
BornPelham Grenville Wodehouse
15 October 1881
GuildfordSurreyEnglandUK
Died14 February 1975 (aged 93)
SouthamptonNew YorkUS
Pen name
  • Henry William-Jones
  • P Brooke-Haven
  • Pelham Grenville
  • Melrose Grainger
  • J Walker Williams
  • C P West
Occupationhumorist, novelist, playwright andlyricist
NationalityBritish
United States (naturalised in 1955, aged 74)
Period1902–75
Genrescomedy, romantic comedy

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