Robert E. Howard

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1906-01-22

Deathday 1936-06-11 (30 years old)

Place of Birth Peaster, Texas, United States

Also Known As Patrick Mac Conaire, Steve Costigan, Patrick Ervin, Patrick Howard, Sam Walser, REH, Two-Gun Bob, Robert Ervin Howard

Robert E. Howard

Biography

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 intellectual child, he was also a fan of boxing and spent some time in his late teens bodybuilding, eventually taking up amateur boxing. From the age of nine he dreamed of becoming a writer of adventure fiction but did not have real success until he was 23. Thereafter, until his death by suicide at age 30, Howard's writings were published in a wide selection of magazines, journals, and newspapers, and he became proficient in several subgenres. His greatest success occurred after his death. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Writer

Red Sonja

as Characters

2016
2011
Conan the Barbarian

as Characters

2009
Solomon Kane

as Characters

1997
Kull the Conqueror

as Characters

1997
Conan

as Characters

1997
Conan the Adventurer

as Characters

1992
Conan the Adventurer

as Characters

1985
Red Sonja

as Characters

1984
Conan the Destroyer

as Characters

1982
Conan the Barbarian

as Characters

1960
Thriller

as Short Story