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Saki
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Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), popularly known by his pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirise Edwardian society and culture. He is considered to be a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, Munro himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse.
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Saki, born Hector Hugh Munro in Sittwe in 1870, was a British writer, historian, novelist, and playwright. He served in the British Army during World War I and died at Beaumont-Hamel in 1916. His place of burial is the Thiepval Memorial.
Writing in English, Munro is associated with works such as *Spectral Tales* and *The rise of the Russian empire*. He is also linked to educational texts including *Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum* and *Guía literaria de Londres*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1870
- Died
- 1916
- Works
- 349
Top works
- Guía literaria de Londres
- The novels and plays of Saki (H.H. Munro) complete in one volume
- Spectral Tales
- Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum
- The rise of the Russian empire
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
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- Hector Hugh Munro by E. O. Hoppé (1913)
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- Saki
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- Akyab, Burma, British India (present-day Myanmar)
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- Beaumont-Hamel, France
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- Author, playwright
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.nationality
- British
- Military person.embed
- yes
- Military person.serviceyears
- 1914–1916
- Military person.rank
- Lance Sergeant
- Military person.unit
- 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
- Military person.battles
- First World War Battle of the Somme Battle of the Ancre
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hector
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Sittwe
- Place of death
- Beaumont-Hamel
- Occupation
- journalist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Hector Hugh Munro.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hector Hugh Munro
- date of birth
- 1870-12-18
- date of death
- 1916-11-13
- Commons gallery
- Hector Hugh Munro
- pseudonym
- Saki
- ethnic group
- English people
- writing language
- English language
- different from
- sake
- birth name
- Hector Hugh Munro
- name in native language
- Saki
- place of burial
- Thiepval Memorial
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Saki, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Life
- Early life
- Writing career
- Death
- Legacy
- Sexuality
- Pen-name
- Selected works
- "The Interlopers"
- "Gabriel-Ernest"
- "The Schartz-Metterklume Method"
- "The Toys of Peace"
- "The Open Window"
- "The Unrest-Cure"
- "Esmé"
- "Sredni Vashtar"
- "Tobermory"
- "The Bull"
- "The East Wing"
- Publications
- Radio
- Television
- Short films
- Theatre
- References
- Literary criticism and biography
- External links
Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), popularly known by his pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirise Edwardian society and culture. He is considered to be a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, Munro himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse.
Besides his short stories (which were first published in newspapers, as was customary at the time, and then collected into several volumes), Munro wrote a full-length play, The Watched Pot, in collaboration with Charles Maude; two one-act plays; a historical study, The Rise of the Russian Empire (the only book published under his own name); a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington; the episodic The Westminster Alice (a parliamentary parody of Alice in Wonderland); and When William Came, subtitled A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns, a fantasy about a future German invasion and occupation of Britain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.