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William Somerset Maugham

English playwright, novelist, short story writer (1874-1965).

Born January 25th, 1874 in Paris. [ref]

Died December 16th, 1965 at 91 years old in Nice (pneumonia). [ref]

Occupations
army scout, literary critic, novelist, physician writer, playwright, prosaist, screenwriter, writer

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