And the Yeah, Hechtor Hugh Monroe born December 18, 1870, was a witty British author who published under the pen name

Saki.

The inspiration for the pen name Saki is unknown.

It may be based upon a character in a poem or on a South American monkey.

Given Monroe's intellect wit and mischievous nature it's possible it was based on both

simultaneously. As a writer Monroe was a master of the short story form and is often

compared to O Henry and Dorothy Parker. E.F. Benson also shares his sardonic style.

Monroe was born in Acia Burma, now known as Myanmar, in 1870.

Saky was raised in England where he lived with his grandmother and a

aunt in a strict puritanical household.

In his early career, Monroe became a police officer in India and was posted to Burma

where he contracted malaria before returning to England in 1895.

Monroe had a pension for mocking the popular... returning to England in 1895.

Monroe had a pension for mocking the popular customs and manners of Edwardian

England.

He often did so by depicting characters in a setting and manner that would contrast their

behavior with that of the natural world,

often demonstrating that the simple and straightforward rules of nature

would always trump the vanities of men.

Monroe died in France during World War I on November 13, 1916, by German sniper fire during the Battle of Anker.

Though he was too old to enlist at 43, he had managed to gain a post in the 22nd battalion of the Royal Fusiliers where he was a Lance sergeant.

According to several sources his last words were

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