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Wodehouse, P(elham) G(renville) 1881-1975.
English novelist, a US citizen from 1955,
whose humorous novels portray the
accident-prone world of such characters as
the socialite Bertie Wooster and his
invaluable and impeccable manservant Jeeves,
and Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle with
his prize pig, the Empress of Blandings. From
1906, Wodehouse also collaborated on the
lyrics of Broadway musicals by Jerome Kern,
Gershwin, and others. He spent most of his
life in the USA. Staying in France in 1941,
during World War II, he was interned by the
Germans; he made some humorous broadcasts
from Berlin, which were taken amiss in
Britain at the time, but he was later
exonerated, and was knighted in 1975. His
work is admired for its style and geniality,
and includes Indiscretions of Archie 1921,
Uncle Fred in the Springtime 1939, and Aunts
Aren't Gentlemen 1974.