H. H. Munro

or

“Saki’

Quick Facts

NAME: Hector Hugh Munro OCCUPATION: Author BIRTH: December 18, 1870 DEATH: Nov. 14, 1916 PLACE OF BIRTH: Akyab, Myanmar PLACE OF DEATH: France

AKA: Saki

Birthplace Burma

Birthplace: Akyab, Myanmar

Burma

Consulted Sources:

Source #1: http://www.biography.com/people/hh-munro-Source #2: http://www.online-literature.com/hh-munro/Source #3: http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-Source #4: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/saki.htmSource #5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki

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Personal Details

Father Military Police OfficerMother Educated home maker

died young: miscarriage

Hector 2 yearsGrew up: Grandmother and Aunt

Puritanical strict

Careerspoliceman political satirist foreign

correspondent full-time writer London

Careers (con’t)

military service: British Armycavalry and infantry = WW Irefused commissionsWorld War I German sniper

Last words: "Put that bloody cigarette out.”

Origin of Name: "Saki,"

Cupbearer in “The Rubayat “

(ancient Persian Poem)

by Omar Khayyam

Writings

primarily short stories

whimsical humor

odd and eerie

hypocrisy and banality

Saki’s characters :capriciousnesseccentric behaviorodd situations quick wits

Saki’s style: clever remarkscynical and satirical

views artificiality of Edwardian

societysurprise endingsfeaturing children

Edwardian Society 1901- 1910

Edwardian Society 1901- 1910

Queen Victoria’s son Edward reins

fashionable elite style

influenced by art and fashions of Europe

Travels widely

Political changes

laborers and women politicized

power and influence

Saki’s best-known short story

Plot: drawing-room of upper-class village house

girl of fifteen

eerie family tragedy tale

highly strung visitor shocked

“a master of the short story”

Compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker

Influenced by

Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, and Kipling

He influencedA. A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh)

Noël Coward

P. G. Wodehouse