H.H. Munro (SAKI)
Hector Hugh Munro
Pen Name: Saki
Born: 18 December
Died: 13 November
Hector Hugh Munro (Dec 18, - Nov 14, ) was a witty British author who published under the pen name SAKI or H.H. Munro. The inspiration for the pen name "Saki" is unknown, it may be based upon a character in a poem or on a South American monkey. Given Munro's intellect, wit, and mischevious nature it's possible it was based on both simultaneously. As a writer, Munro (Saki) was a master of the short story form and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. E.F. Benson shares his sardonic style.
Munro was born in Akyab, Burma (now known as Myanmar) in In while she was on a trip to England, his mother Mary was charged by a cow. She suffered a miscarriage, never recovered, and died in when Munro was only two years old. After her death, the Munro children were sent from Burma back to England where they lived with their grandmother and aunts in a strict puritanical household. In his early career, Munro became a police officer in India and was posted to Burma where he contracted malaria before returning to England in
When the war broke out, Munro refused a commission joined the B
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