Monday, October 22, 2012

Saki!


                                                     Saki                                   
·         real name is Hector Hugh Munro
·         birthday is December 18, 1870
·         he was the youngest of three children
·         his father left him in the care of his two sisters and his mother before he left them
·         some of his relatives are in a few of his stories
·         Charles, and Ethel were his siblings
·         He and his siblings were very weak as children and were not expected to live to be adults
·         Was coached by a governess so he would not have to go to school due to his weakness
·         His aunts did not know how to really raise children so the children did not have the chance to interact with other children their own age
·         Their Uncle Wesley would visit once a year and Hector’s father would come around every four years
·         After his grandmother had passed he was sent to Exmouth when he turned 12
·         He left for Burma in1893 to be in the police force
·         He studied Burmese animals, while doing this he raised a tiger cub
·         In 1894 he returned to England because of a case of malaria
·         In 1896 he left for London and pursued writing in the Westminster Gazette
·         In 1906 he moved to Paris
·         He returned to England in 1907 because his father had gotten sick, and while he was in England his father died
·         In 1915 he went with his troops to France
·         By September he was promoted to Lance- Sergeant
·         On November 13, 1916 he was killed by a sniper  
link-http://www.subir.com/saki/bio.html

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