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Algernon Blackwood
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English short story writer and novelist (1869–1951)
Film & TV
Known for
- The Reformation of St. Jules — Himself1949
- Lock Your Door — Himself1949
- Confession — Himself1949
- The Rendezvous — Himself1949
- The Dress Rehearsal — Himself1949
- Two of a Kind — Himself1949
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Key facts
- Born
- Algernon Henry Blackwood , ( 1869-03-14 ) 14 March 1869, Shooter's Hill , Kent , England
- Died
- 10 December 1951 (1951-12-10) (aged 82), London, England
- Occupation
- Writer, broadcaster
- Genre
- Fantasy , horror , weird fiction
- Notable works
- The Centaur , " The Willows ", " The Wendigo ", John Silence stories
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Algernon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- playwright
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Wendigo
- Field of work
- children's and young adult literature
- Image
- Picture of Algernon Blackwood.jpg
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- Commons category
- Algernon Blackwood
- date of birth
- 1869-01-01
- date of death
- 1951-01-01
- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease
- writing language
- English language
- Commons Creator page
- Algernon Blackwood
- start of work period
- 1906-00-00
- name in native language
- Algernon Blackwood
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Algernon Henry Blackwood (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, "His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer's except Dunsany's" and that his short story collection Incredible Adventures (1914) "may be the premier weird collection of this or any other century".
Life and work
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Algernon Blackwood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.