Robert E. Howard

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Robert E. Howard was an American pulp fiction writer best known as the creator of the sword-and-sorcery character Conan the Barbarian.

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instanceOf human
novelist
poet
pulp fiction writer
short story writer
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
createdCharacter Bran Mak Morn NERFINISHED
Conan the Barbarian NERFINISHED
Conan the Cimmerian NERFINISHED
El Borak NERFINISHED
Kull of Atlantis NERFINISHED
Sailor Steve Costigan NERFINISHED
Solomon Kane NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1906-01-22
dateOfDeath 1936-06-11
familyName Howard NERFINISHED
father Isaac Mordecai Howard NERFINISHED
fullName Robert Ervin Howard NERFINISHED
genre adventure fiction
fantasy
historical fiction
horror fiction
pulp fiction
sword and sorcery
weird fiction
givenName Robert
languageOfWorkOrName English
mannerOfDeath suicide
mother Hester Jane Ervin Howard NERFINISHED
movement sword and sorcery
nationality American
notableFor founding the sword and sorcery subgenre of fantasy
notableWork Bran Mak Morn stories NERFINISHED
Conan the Barbarian NERFINISHED
Conan the Cimmerian stories NERFINISHED
El Borak stories NERFINISHED
Kull of Atlantis stories NERFINISHED
Red Nails NERFINISHED
Sailor Steve Costigan stories NERFINISHED
Solomon Kane stories NERFINISHED
The Hour of the Dragon NERFINISHED
The Phoenix on the Sword NERFINISHED
The Shadow Kingdom NERFINISHED
The Tower of the Elephant NERFINISHED
occupation fiction writer
novelist
poet
short story writer
writer
placeOfBirth Parker County, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
Peaster, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Cross Plains, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
publishedIn Weird Tales NERFINISHED
residence Cross Plains, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male

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Howard hasNotableBearer Robert E. Howard
Cthulhu Mythos expandedByAuthor Robert E. Howard
Weird Tales magazine notableContributor Robert E. Howard
subject surface form: Weird Tales
L. Sprague de Camp influencedBy Robert E. Howard