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On Feb 13, 2013, at 3:01 PM, X <xacto at rocketmail.com> wrote:

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> MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>> Greetings Khoo,
>> 
>> Thank you for your thoroughly presented suggestion.  Ms. Han Suyin's story sounds worthy of investigation for all the reasons you present.  I have never seen the film  'Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing', but definitely know the song and music.  I love that Ms. Han Suyin's wish was to create a new Asian literature, and from what you have written it sounds like she succeeded.
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>> I still remembered it was you who recommended the two Elizabeth films, both staring Cate Blanchett, and with wonderful commentary by the director Shekhar Kapur.  I have watched them many times since then and always find them inspiring.   
>> 
>> Thank you Khoo,
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>> 
>> Marsha 
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>> On Feb 12, 2013, at 11:07 AM, Khoo Hock Aun <khoohockaun at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi Marsha,
>>> 
>>> I have the inspiration to introduce to you an author who passed away
>>> recently in November last year.
>>> 
>>> Han Suyin lived until 95 and was most famous for her book, Love is a Many
>>> Splendoured Thing which was made into a movie and "Love Is a
>>> Many-Splendored
>>> Thing<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_a_Many-Splendored_Thing_(song)>",
>>> won the Academy Award for Best Original
>>> Song<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song>.
>>> Her mixed heritage ensured a continuing tension between East and West all
>>> throughout her life born as a Eurasain in a large Chinese household. Her
>>> obituary in the Guardian can be found here :
>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/nov/04/han-suyin
>>> 
>>> snip...