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About the writer Hector Hugh Munro(1870-1916 Pen name: Saki a British writer ° A blue plaque Vacationland
About the writer • Hector Hugh Munro (1870 –1916) • Pen name: Saki • A British writer • A blue plaque
About the writer Witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirized edwardian society and culture Considered a master of the short stor and often compared to o. henry and Dorothy Parker Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis carrol and Kipling Influenced A.A. Milne and P. G Wodehouse acationland my
About the writer • Witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture • Considered a master of the short story and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker • Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Kipling • Influenced A. A. Milne and P. G. Wodehouse
Major works Short Stories: Reginald, 1904 Reginald in Russia, 1910 The Chronicles of Clovis. 191 1 Beasts and Superbeasts, 1914 The Toys of Peace, 1923 The Square Egg, 1924 A Historical Study: The Rise of the Russian Empire A Fantasy: When William Came(A Story of London Under the Hohenzo∥ems) A Parliamentary Parody: The Westminster Alice vacationland
Major works • Short Stories: Reginald, 1904 Reginald in Russia, 1910 The Chronicles of Clovis, 1911 Beasts and Superbeasts, 1914 The Toys of Peace, 1923 The Square Egg, 1924 • A Historical Study: The Rise of the Russian Empire • A Fantasy: When William Came (A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns ) • A Parliamentary Parody: The Westminster Alice
Life story Born in Akyab, Burma(now known as Myanmar) Brought up in a strict puritanical household Posted to Burma in 1893 Contracted malaria in 1895, resigned and returned to England Attended World War l, killed by a German sniper in 1916 Put that bloody cigarette out! "his last words Homosexual, that side of [Munro'sl life had to be secret vacationland
Life story • Born in Akyab, Burma (now known as Myanmar) • Brought up in a strict puritanical household • Posted to Burma in 1893 • Contracted malaria in 1895, resigned and returned to England • Attended World War I, killed by a German sniper in 1916 • "Put that bloody cigarette out!" ——his last words • Homosexual, "that side of [Munro's] life had to be secret