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Saki
AuthorBooks · Second hand1870-1916
Hector Hugh Munro, 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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Birth
1870
Death
1916
Hector Hugh Munro, 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.
Saki is the pen name of British writer Hector Hugh Munro, celebrated for his wit and satirical style.
Born in Sittwe in 1870, his work captures the customs of Edwardian society with sharp irony.
While he excelled as a journalist and historian, he is best known for his mischievous and macabre short stories.
His most iconic book, Beasts and Super-Beasts, showcases his mastery of short-form narrative.
Throughout his prolific career, he published 349 works ranging from fiction to plays.
