Saki
Saki pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro , ( 1870 – 1916 ),known principally for his short stories; he was born in Burma, the youngest of three children: his mother died when he was an infant, and he was brought up in north Devon by two aunts. In 1893 he joined the military police in Burma, but was invalided home and went to London to earn his living as a writer. In 1899 he published The Rise of the Russian Empire, in 1900 wrote political satire for the Westminster Gazette, and between 1902 and 1908 was correspondent for the Morning Post in Poland, Russia, and Paris. His first characteristic volume of short stories, Reginald, was published under the pseudonym Saki (of uncertain origin) in 1904 , followed by Reginald in Russia ( 1910 ), The Chronicles of Clovis ( 1911 ), Beasts and Super-Beasts ( 1914 ), The Toys of Peace ( 1919 ), and The Square Egg (...
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