Han Suyin

Novelist, Author

1917 –

74

Who is Han Suyin?

Han Suyin was the pen name of Elizabeth Comber, born Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chou. She was a China-born Eurasian, a physician, and author of books in English and French on modern China, novels set in East and Southeast Asia, and autobiographical memoirs which covered the span of modern China. These writings gained her a reputation as an ardent and articulate supporter of the Chinese Communist revolution. She lived in Lausanne until her death.

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Born
Sep 12, 1917
Xinyang
Also known as
  • Elizabeth Kuanghu Chou
  • Suyin Han
Nationality
  • China
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Peking University

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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