WRITER

Saki

1870 - 1916

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Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), 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 satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is considered by English teachers and scholars 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saki has received more than 1,812,311 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Saki is the 2,006th most popular writer (up from 2,147th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Myanmar (Burma) (down from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Burmese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The best of Saki
1961
Boku no Chikyuu wo Mamotte
Comic books, strips, Dreams, Fiction
2001
Beasts and Super-Beasts
Classic Literature, Fiction
Leonard Bilsiter was one of those people who have failed to find this world attractive or interesting, and who have sought compensation in an unseen world of their own experience or imagination - or invention. Children do that sort of thing successfully, but children are content to convince themselves, and do not vulgarise their beliefs by trying to convince other people. Leonard Bilsiter's beliefs were for the few, that is to say, anyone who would listen to him.
1914
When William Came
Fiction, Futuristic fiction
Published in 1913, just one year before the outbreak of the 1914-18 war this futuristic novel takes as its story the premise that Germany have recently won a European war and were now in occupation of England. Seen through the eyes of a retired military officer the book chronicles life in England under the German occupying forces and the various reactions the British public have to this situation.
1914
The Chronicles Of Clovis
Classic Literature, Fiction
1911
The Unbearable Bassington
English Short stories
1912

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Saki ranks 2,006 out of 7,302. Before him are Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Mohamed Choukri, Joseph Kessel, Eugène Marin Labiche, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis, and Horacio Quiroga. After him are Caterina Albert, Izabela Czartoryska, S. Ansky, Christopher Isherwood, Yuan Zhen, and Rudolf Rocker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Saki ranks 66. Before him are Helge von Koch, Leopold Godowsky, Guillaume Lekeu, Emil Orlík, David Riazanov, and Herbert Kilpin. After him are Georges Claude, Thomas Byles, Leonid Krasin, Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Reginald Lee, and Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein. Among people deceased in 1916, Saki ranks 69. Before him are Isa Boletini, Marie Bracquemond, Oskar Backlund, Herbert Kilpin, Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, and Friedrich Ernst Dorn. After him are Huang Xing, Ferdinand Fellner, Patrick Pearse, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Karl von Stürgkh, and Fergus Suter.

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In Myanmar (Burma)

Among people born in Myanmar (Burma), Saki ranks 19 out of 40. Before him are Anawrahta (1015), Htin Kyaw (1946), Diana Abgar (1859), Thibaw Min (1859), Tabinshwehti (1516), and Mindon Min (1808). After him are Bodawpaya (1745), Nick Drake (1948), S. N. Goenka (1924), Myint Swe (1951), Ba Maw (1893), and Soe Win (1947).

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    Anawrahta

    POLITICIAN

    1015 - 1077

    HPI: 59.72

    Rank: 13

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    Htin Kyaw

    POLITICIAN

    1946 - Present

    HPI: 59.34

    Rank: 14

  • Photo of Diana Abgar

    Diana Abgar

    POLITICIAN

    1859 - 1937

    HPI: 58.65

    Rank: 15

  • Photo of Thibaw Min

    Thibaw Min

    POLITICIAN

    1859 - 1916

    HPI: 57.20

    Rank: 16

  • Photo of Tabinshwehti

    Tabinshwehti

    POLITICIAN

    1516 - 1550

    HPI: 56.91

    Rank: 17

  • Photo of Mindon Min

    Mindon Min

    POLITICIAN

    1808 - 1878

    HPI: 56.50

    Rank: 18

  • Photo of Saki

    Saki

    WRITER

    1870 - 1916

    HPI: 56.18

    Rank: 19

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    Bodawpaya

    POLITICIAN

    1745 - 1819

    HPI: 55.49

    Rank: 20

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    Nick Drake

    MUSICIAN

    1948 - 1974

    HPI: 55.15

    Rank: 21

  • Photo of S. N. Goenka

    S. N. Goenka

    WRITER

    1924 - 2013

    HPI: 54.88

    Rank: 22

  • Photo of Myint Swe

    Myint Swe

    POLITICIAN

    1951 - Present

    HPI: 54.85

    Rank: 23

  • Photo of Ba Maw

    Ba Maw

    POLITICIAN

    1893 - 1977

    HPI: 54.71

    Rank: 24

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    Soe Win

    POLITICIAN

    1947 - 2007

    HPI: 53.88

    Rank: 25

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Among WRITERS In Myanmar (Burma)

Among writers born in Myanmar (Burma), Saki ranks 1. After him are S. N. Goenka (1924), and Irawati Karve (1905).

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