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Saki, 1870-1916

LC control no.n 81079486
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6025.U675
Personal name headingSaki, 1870-1916
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Variant(s)Munro, Hector Hugh, 1870-1916
Munro, Hector H. (Hector Hugh), 1870-1916
Munro, H. H. (Hector Hugh), 1870-1916
Associated countryEngland
Birth date1870-12-18
Death date1916-11-13
Place of birthSittwe (Burma)
Place of deathBeaumont-Hamel (France)
Profession or occupationAuthors Dramatists
Found inHis The unrest-cure and other stories, 2013: CIP t.p. (Saki) data view ("Saki was the pen name of the British writer Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916). In addition to his short stories, of which he was an acknowledged master, he also wrote a full-length play with Charles Maude, The Watched Pot; a historical study of the Russian Empire; a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington; a parody of Alice in Wonderland; and a fantasy about German-occupied England, When William Came.")
Wikipedia search 2013-05-07: (Hector Hugh Munro better known by the pen name Saki; born Akyab, Burma 18 December 1870, died 13 November 1916 Beaumont-Hamel, France; occupation: author, playwright ; nationality British; at age 2 sent to England and brought up by his grandmother and aunts; educated at Pencarwick School in Exmouth, Devon and at Bedford School; began his career as a journalist; in World War I during the Battle of the Ancre he was killed by a German sniper)
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