Han Suyin Writer

Han Suyin (simplified Chinese: 韩素音; traditional Chinese: 韓素音; pinyin: Hán Sùyīn; 12 September 1916 or 1917 – 2 November 2012) was the pen name of Elizabeth Comber, born Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chou (Chinese: 周光瑚; pinyin: Zhōu Guānghú). 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.

Personal facts

Pseudonym	Han Suyin
Birth date	September 12, 1916
Birth name	Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chow
Birth place	Xinyang
Ethnicity	Hakka people
Date of death	November 02, 2012
Place of death	Lausanne , Switzerland
Spouse	Tang Pao-Huang Vincent Ratnaswamy