Robert E. Howard was an American pulp fiction writer born in Texas in 1906. He is credited as the creator of Conan the Barbarian and is widely regarded as the founder of the sword and sorcery genre. Howard sold his first story to Weird Tales in 1925 and spent the next decade producing hundreds of works across multiple genres. His other notable characters include Kull of Atlantis, Solomon Kane, and Bran Mak Morn, and his creations have been adapted extensively in comics.
Robert E. Howard
CreatorBiography
Creator Details
Name
Robert E. Howard
Role
Writer
Issues
2,051
Series
226
Also Known As
Robert Ervin Howard, Patrick Mac Conaire, Steve Costigan, Patrick Ervin, Patrick Howard, Sam Walser, REH, Two-Gun Bob
Gender
Male
Birth Date
January 22, 1906
Death Date
June 11, 1936
Birth Place
Peaster, Texas
Country
United States
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