About

Known credits:
13
Birthday:
1906-01-22
Place of birth:
Peaster, Texas, United States
Website:
N/A

Robert E. Howard

Overview

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.

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Known for

Writing
2016 Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues Writing Characters 58
Average
2011 Conan the Barbarian Writing Characters 54
Average
2009 Solomon Kane Writing Characters 59
Average
2003 Casonetto's Last Song Writing Story N/A
N/A
1997 Conan Writing Characters 59
Average
1997 Conan the Adventurer Writing Characters 67
Fair
1997 Kull the Conqueror Writing Characters 57
Average
1994 Conan and the Young Warriors Writing Characters 69
Fair
1992 Conan the Adventurer Writing Characters 70
Good
1985 Red Sonja Writing Characters 55
Average
1984 Conan the Destroyer Writing Characters 60
Fair
1982 Conan the Barbarian Writing Characters 66
Fair
Red Sonja Writing Characters 60
Fair