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Robert E. Howard
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Robert E. Howard was an American author who lived from 1906 to 1936 and is best known for creating influential fantasy and adventure stories, including the character Conan the Barbarian. His work became foundational to the fantasy and pulp fiction genres, shaping how adventure stories and heroic characters are written and imagined today.
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Peaster, Texas, United States
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. Howard was born and raised in Texas. He spent most of his life in the town of Cross Plains, with some time spent in nearby Brownwood. A bookish and…
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- human
- Given name
- Ervin
- Family name
- Howard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Peaster
- Place of death
- Cross Plains
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- fantasy
- Image
- Robert E Howard suit.jpg
- Work location
- Cross Plains
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- Robert E. Howard
- date of birth
- 1906-01-22
- date of death
- 1936-06-11
- pseudonym
- John Taverel
- topic's main category
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- Commons Creator page
- Robert Ervin Howard
- manner of death
- Suicide
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- Robert E. Howard
- influenced by
- H. Rider Haggard
- birth name
- Robert Ervin Howard
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1924-00-00
- different from
- Robert Howard
- name in native language
- Robert E. Howard
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Robert E. Howard, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Robert Ervin Howard, (* 22. Januar 1906 in Peaster, Texas; † 11. Juni 1936 in Cross Plains, Texas) war ein US-amerikanischer Autor von Fantasy-, Abenteuer- und Horrorgeschichten sowie mehrerer Westernromane. Er gilt als prominenter Vertreter der Low Fantasy. 1973 erhielt er postum den British Fantasy Award für Marches of Valhalla als Spezialpreis.
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