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Han Suyin


Born
in Xinyang, Henan Province, China
September 12, 1917

Died
November 02, 2012

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, History


Han Suyin (Pinyin: Hán Sùyīn) is the pen name of Elizabeth Comber, born Rosalie Elisabeth Kuanghu Chow (Pinyin: Zhōu Guānghú). She was a Chinese-born Eurasian author of several books on modern China, novels set in East Asia, and autobiographical works, as well as a physician. She wrote in English and French. She died in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2012.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 3,502 ratings · 541 reviews · 106 distinct works • Similar authors
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“There is nothing stronger in this world than gentleness.”
― Han Suyin
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“... all humans are frightened of their own solitude. Yet only in solitude can man learn to know himself, learn to handle his own eternity of aloneness. And love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other." - The Mountain is Young”
― Han Suyin, The Mountain Is Young
tags: aloneness, love, solitude
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“Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other. ”
― Han Suyin
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