Educated at Dulwich College, Wodehouse initially took up a position in banking with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, but after two years turned to a writing career. He contributed to both Strand Magazine and Punch, before publishing his first Novel, The Pothunters, in 1902. He went to America in 1909 and was very successful as a screenwriter for a number of years. From the time of World War I through the 1920's, Wodehouse invented some of his most memorable characters that continue to endure even today. Jeeves and Wooster, Lord Emsworth and Psmith all made their appearance during an extremely productive period in Wodehouse's writing. Something New/Something Fresh with Lord Emsworth appeared in 1915. Jeeves and Wooster made their debut in My Man Jeeves in 1919. Due to tax disputes with both the UK and the US authorities, Wodehouse took up residence in France and continued his enormous output until May 1940, when he was captured by the invading Nazis and sent to internment in Germany. He made some light-hearted broadcasts while in Germany that did not go down very well in England and he was accused by many of collaboration and treason. Released by the Germans, he and his wife sailed for the USA where they remained until his death. An enormously prolific writer, Wodehouse is said to have produced over 100 novels, countless short stories, essays and numerous screenplays and lyrics. He was knighted shortly before his death in 1975. Among his many well-known works are The White Feather (1907), Psmith in the City (1910), Psmith, Journalist (1915), The Inimitable Jeeves (1923), Summer Lightning (1929), Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935), The Code of the Woosters (1938), Full Moon (1947), The Mating Season (1949), Pigs Have Wings (1952), Ring for Jeeves (1953), Something Fishy (1957), Company for Henry (1967), The Girl in Blue (1970), Batchelors Anonymous (1973) and Aunts Aren't Gentlemen (1974). |
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