Richard Mason

Richard Mason ( May 16, 1919 - October 13, 1997)

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May 16 - 1919 - October 13 - 1997

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Born near Manchester, he was educated in Dorset, worked first on a film magazine and later for the British Council. The Second World War gave him a chance to learn Japanese and he became an interrogator of prisoners of war.

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Manchester - Dorset

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As an author he wrote The Wind Cannot Read which was finished during the Burma Campaign and The Shadow and the Peak.

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Author - Burma

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It was his experiences while he was living in Hong Kong which inspired him to write the novel The World of Suzie Wong,which was later adapted for a film in 1960 starring William Holden and Nancy Kwan.

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Hong Kong - The World of Suzie Wong - 1960 - William Holden - Nancy Kwan

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He died of throat cancer in Rome, Italy.

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Cancer - Rome - Italy

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