Saki
Sign in to saveHector 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.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1870
- Died
- 1916
- Works
- 349
Top works
- Spectral Tales
- Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum
- The rise of the Russian empire
- Guía literaria de Londres
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
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1.) SAKI (サキ) is a the vocalist of the Japanese all-female rock/heavy metal band Cyntia formed in the summer of 2011. 2.) SAKI is a Florida based house & techno artist. Since 2015 he has released 3 different cassettes on 3 labels and has his debut 12 inch record coming out this year on French Press Lounge 3.) Saki (さき, born October 4, 1990) is a Japanese heavy metal musician and songwriter. She is best known as guitarist of the all-female band Mary's Blood from 2012 until they began an indefin
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Infectious disease in an era of global change
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Key facts
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- Hector Hugh Munro
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- Hector Hugh Munro aka Saki, by E O Hoppe, 1913.jpg
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- Hector Hugh Munro by E. O. Hoppé (1913)
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.pseudonym
- Saki
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.birth_place
- Akyab, Burma, British India (present-day Myanmar)
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.death_place
- Beaumont-Hamel, France
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.occupation
- Author, playwright
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.nationality
- British
- Military person.embed
- yes
- Military person.serviceyears
- 1914–1916
Key dates
- Born
- 18 December 1870
- Died
- 13 November 1916
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hugh
- 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
Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Saki, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Article
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.
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