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Lady Teresa Waugh

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Lady Teresa Lorraine Waugh (née Onslow; born 26 February 1940) is a British novelist and translator.[1]

Waugh was born at 11 Ormonde Gate, Chelsea, London, the daughter of the 6th Earl of Onslow (then Viscount Cranley)[2] and his first wife, Pamela Dillon. On 1 July 1961, she married the author Auberon Waugh, eldest son of Evelyn Waugh.[3]

Waugh has translated such works as Anka Muhlstein's A Taste For Freedom: The life of Astolphe de Custine (2000),[4] Benedetta Craveri's Madame Du Deffand and Her World (1994)[5] and The Travels of Marco Polo (1984).[6] In 1980, she translated the book of the Iranian "Shah" Mohammad Reza Pahlavi from French to English under the title of Shah's life.[7]

Her own novels include Painting Water (1983),[8] Waterloo Waterloo (1985),[9] An Intolerable Burden (1987),[10] Song at Twilight (1989),[11] The House (2002),[12] Sylvia's Lot (1994)[13] and The Gossips (1995).[14] The Entertaining Book (1986) is not a novel but a book about food and wine written with her husband.[15]

Auberon and Teresa Waugh had four children together:[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Teresa Waugh". Hachette. 20 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Births". The Times. 28 February 1940.
  3. ^ a b Mosley, Charles (27 July 2003). Burke's peerage, baronetage & knightage, clan chiefs, Scottish feudal barons. Vol. 2. Burke's Peerage & Gentry. OCLC 774632725.
  4. ^ "Teresa Waugh". New York Review oBooks.
  5. ^ Craveri, Benedetta; Waugh, Teresa (2002). "Madame du Deffand and Her World". Peter Halban. OCLC 52739039 – via Open WorldCat.
  6. ^ Waugh, Teresa (1984). "The Travels of Marco Polo". Open WorldCat. Sidgwick & Jackson. OCLC 989053938.
  7. ^ Waugh, Teresa; Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza (27 July 1980). "Shah's Story. Translated from French by Teresa Waugh". Open WorldCat. Vikas. OCLC 757910184.
  8. ^ Waugh, Teresa (1986). "Painting Water". Open WorldCat. Penguin. OCLC 14719733.
  9. ^ Waugh, Teresa (27 July 1987). "Waterloo, Waterloo". Open WorldCat. Penguin. OCLC 15896587.
  10. ^ Waugh, Teresa (1988). "An Intolerable Burden". Open WorldCat. Hamilton. OCLC 1072510957.
  11. ^ Waugh, Teresa (1989). "Song at Twilight". Hamilton. OCLC 471079684 – via Open WorldCat.
  12. ^ Waugh, Teresa (2004). "The House". Open WorldCat. Isis. OCLC 224023173.
  13. ^ "Sylvia's Lot". Open WorldCat. 1995. OCLC 221481292.
  14. ^ Waugh, Teresa (2000). "The Gossips". Open WorldCat. National Library for the Blind. OCLC 1107690076.
  15. ^ Waugh, Teresa; Waugh, Auberon; Harte, Glynn Boyd (1986). "The Entertaining Book". Open WorldCat. Hamish Hamilton. OCLC 804708716.