Han Suyin — Winter Love
03/07/23 • 24 min
Born to a Chinese father and a Belgian mother, Han Suyin qualified as a doctor in London before moving to Hong Kong to practice medicine. After her novel A Many-Splendored Thing was adapted into a film in 1955, she became a full-time writer. Join us to learn more about Suyin’s remarkable life and her jewel of a novella, Winter Love, first published in 1962. In it, she tells the story of “Red,” who falls passionately in love with her married classmate, Mara, during the freezing, war-ravaged London winter of 1944.
Discussed in this episode:
Winter Love by Han Suyin (McNally Editions)
A Many-Splendored Thing by Han Suyin
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955 film)
“Dragon Ladies” by Karen Shepard (The Millions)
Lost Ladies of Lit Troy Chimneys
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“Brokeback Mountain” by Annie Proulx
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Born to a Chinese father and a Belgian mother, Han Suyin qualified as a doctor in London before moving to Hong Kong to practice medicine. After her novel A Many-Splendored Thing was adapted into a film in 1955, she became a full-time writer. Join us to learn more about Suyin’s remarkable life and her jewel of a novella, Winter Love, first published in 1962. In it, she tells the story of “Red,” who falls passionately in love with her married classmate, Mara, during the freezing, war-ravaged London winter of 1944.
Discussed in this episode:
Winter Love by Han Suyin (McNally Editions)
A Many-Splendored Thing by Han Suyin
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955 film)
“Dragon Ladies” by Karen Shepard (The Millions)
Lost Ladies of Lit Troy Chimneys
Lost Ladies of Lit Daddy’s Gone a Hunting
Lost Ladies of Lit Sui Sin Far
“Brokeback Mountain” by Annie Proulx
For episodes and show notes, visit:
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Lost Ladies of Lit - Han Suyin — Winter Love
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AMY: Hi everybody, and welcome to Lost Ladies of Lit, the podcast dedicated to dusting off great works of literature by forgotten women writers. I’m Amy Helmes...
KIM: And I’m Kim Askew. In this week’s episode, we’re excited to talk about another new-to-us novelist. Han Suyin, born in either 1916 or 1917 to a Chinese father and Belgian mother, qualified as a doctor in London before moving to Hong Kong to practice medicine. One of her novels you may have heard of, A Many-Splen
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