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Robert E. Howard
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scrittore statunitense
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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- Instance of
- 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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- Commons category
- Robert E. Howard
- date of birth
- 1906-01-22
- date of death
- 1936-06-11
- pseudonym
- John Taverel
- topic's main category
- Category:Robert E. Howard
- 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
Article · Italiano
Robert Ervin Howard è stato uno scrittore statunitense.Viene considerato uno dei massimi esponenti della narrativa pulp del Periodo interbellico, in quanto importante autore di letteratura dell'orrore, grande interprete del romanzo d'avventura e iniziatore del genere heroic fantasy. Il suo personaggio di maggior successo è Conan il barbaro, che appare in un ciclo di ventidue opere tra racconti e romanzi. Sulla vita di Howard e sulla sua breve relazione con il regista ha tratto, nel 1996, il film Il mondo intero, con Vincent D'Onofrio nel ruolo dello scrittore.
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