Renowned Chinese-born British writer Han Suyin, or Elisabeth Comber, died Friday at her home in Lausanne, Switzerland, at the age of 95, Han's family told Xinhua on Saturday.

A memorial service will be held in Lausanne on November 8 according to her family.

Born in central China's Henan Province on September 12, 1917, and named Chow Kuanghu, Han was daughter of a Chinese railway engineer and his Belgian wife.

Han studied medicine in Yenching (Yanjing) University and in Brussels in the 1930s, before studying in London.

She has published some 40 books on modern China, including some non-fiction and novels set in East Asia as well as autobiographic works.

Her popular autobiographic book, A Many-Splendored Thing, was adapted into a Hollywood movie, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, in 1955.

In 2007 Han told Xinhua she wanted to introduce China to the rest of the world and the rest of the world to China.