English writer Evelyn Waugh died #OTD in 1966.
Waugh's early works, such as "Decline and Fall" (1928) and "Vile Bodies" (1930), satirize the societal decadence and moral decline of the interwar period. However, it was his novel "Brideshead Revisited" (1945) that brought him widespread acclaim. His other notable works include "A Handful of Dust" (1934), which critiques the emptiness of modern life, and "Scoop" (1938), a satire of sensationalist journalism.