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Han Suyin

Physician and author (1917-2012) · United Kingdom · On the map · Doctors · Died at 95

Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chou was a Chinese-born Eurasian physician and author better known by her pen name Han Suyin. She wrote in English and French on modern China, set her novels in East and Southeast Asia, and published autobiographical memoirs which covered the span of modern China.

Han Suyin is read about 156 times a day, in 24 languages.

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2012Died2 November 20121996Honorary Doctor of the Nanjing Normal UniversityAward1956Bancarella Literary PrizeAward1953Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsAward1917Born12 September 1917

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Awards

Honorary Doctor of the Nanjing Normal University1996
Bancarella Literary Prize1956
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards1953

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These writings gained her a reputation as an ardent and articulate supporter of the Chinese Communist Revolution. She lived in Lausanne, Switzerland, for many years until her death.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2012 · aged 95

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