1917 -
Country of origin: China

Born in China, and speaking Chinese until age ten, Suyin did her medical studies in England, graduating M.B., B.S. (honours) from London University in 1948.  She then practiced medicine in China until about 1961, while writing a series of autobiographical and fictional works.  Several of her books, including A Many-Splendored Thing, have been made into movies.

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A mortal flower (1965)

Birdless summer (1968)

Till morning comes (1982)

Fiction

...And the Rain My Drink (1956)

A Many-Splendored Things (1952)

The Enchantress (1985)

The Four Faces (1963)

The Mountain Is Young (1958)

Two Loves (1962)

Non-Fiction

A Share of Loving (1987)