SAKI

SAKI
   Pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916), UK author and journalist noted for his acerbic writings. He began writing for The Westminster Gazette in the late 1890s as Saki, the name of the cup-bearer in TheRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. As H.H. Munro he wrote When William Came (1914), a trenchant future- WAR novel about a German INVASION and the occupation of London, regarded by I.F. CLARKE as the best of all such works. Many tales of the weird and fantastic - ironic, witty and sometimes cruel - are included in the following collections, all as by Saki: Reginald (coll 1904), Reginald in Russia (coll 1910), The Chronicles of Clovis (coll1911) - an assemblage of CLUB STORIES - Beasts and Super-Beasts (coll 1914), The Toys of Peace (coll 1919), The Square Egg (coll 1924) and The Complete Short Stories of Saki (coll 1930).
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   Other works: The Westminster Alice (1902); The Unbearable Bassington (1912).

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  • Saki — Sa ki (s[aum] k[ e]), n. The alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice; it is usually spelled {sake}. [1913 Webster +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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