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No single crisis shapes a generation but a succession of events, each one bringing its shaping blows to bear.
Han Suyin
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Han Suyin
Age: 96 †
Born: 1916
Born: September 12
Died: 2012
Died: November 2
Autobiographer
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Non-Fiction Writer
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Elizabeth Comber
Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chou
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