Max Beerbohm

Birth: 1872-08-24 , Londres

Death: 1956-05-20 , Rapallo

Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm was an English writer, essayist, critic, and caricaturist. Known for his elegant and witty style, he stood out in the literature of his time. His most famous work is "The Works of Max Beerbohm" (1921), a collection of his essays, and the novel "Zuleika Dobson" (1911). Beerbohm was also a talented caricaturist, producing satirical portraits of prominent figures of Edwardian society.

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[0]f all the countless folk who have lived before our time on this planet not one is known in history or in legend as having died of laughter.

Somehow, our sense of justice never turns in its sleep till long after the sense of injustice in others has been thoroughly aroused.

The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it.

When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.

Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise.

Great men are but life-sized. Most of them, indeed, are rather short.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.

Men prominent in life are mostly hard to converse with. They lack small-talk, and at the same time one doesn’t like to confront them with their own great themes.

It is a part of English hypocrisy—or English reserve—that, whilst we are fluent enough in grumbling about small inconveniences, we insist on making light of any great difficulties or griefs that may beset us.

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Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm was born in London, England, on August 24, 1872. He was the youngest son of Henry Beerbohm, a grain merchant, and his second wife, Eliza Draper. Educated at Charterhouse School and Merton College, Oxford, Beerbohm soon distanced himself from formal academic studies to dedicate himself to the arts and writing. He gained fame as one of the finest essayists in English literature, known for his ironic style, his sharp observations on society, and his polished prose. "Zuleika Dobson," his only novel, is a comic fantasy set in Oxford. As a theater critic, Beerbohm was respected for his intelligence and wit. His caricatures, published in newspapers and magazines, humorously and insightfully portrayed literary, political, and social figures of his time, including Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, and Theodore Roosevelt. He was knighted in 1939. Sir Max Beerbohm died in Rapallo, Italy, on October 20, 1956.