Robert E. Howard: Difference between revisions

| birth_name = Robert Ervin Howard

| image = Robert E Howard suit.jpg

| caption = Howard in 1934

| alt = Professional photograph of Robert E. Howard wearing a hat and suit.

| pseudonym = Patrick Mac Conaire, Steve Costigan, Patrick Ervin, Patrick Howard, Sam Walser<ref group="nb">Patrick Mac Conaire was used once as the pen name for the story "Ghost in the Doorway". Steve Costigan was the name Howard used for himself in his semi-autobiography ''Post Oaks & Sand Roughs''. Patrick Ervin was an occasional pen name, especially for the Dennis Dorgan stories. Patrick Howard was a pen name used for some of Howard's poetry. Sam Walser was a pen name used for the Wild Bill Clanton stories. Because some pulp magazines used house names, especially when reprinting older works, Howard was also credited as: Mark Adam, William Decatur, R. T. Maynard, and Max Nielson. ''Ghost Stories'' used John Taverel as the author's name for "The Apparition in the Prize Ring", to make it seem to be a true story.</ref><ref>{{Harvtxt|Lord|1976|pp=107, 131–169}}</ref><ref>{{Harvtxt|Finn|2006|p=96}}</ref>

| nickname = REH, Two-Gun Bob{{refn|group="nb"|Fans of Howard frequently refer to him by his initials, REH.<ref>[[#CITEREFBurke|Burke]] (¶ 1)</ref> His friend H. P. Lovecraft gave him the nickname "Two-Gun Bob" due to his knowledge about the [[Old West]] and Texas in particular.}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|1|22}}

| birth_place = [[Peaster, Texas]], U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1936|6|11|1906|1|22}}

| death_place = [[Cross Plains, Texas]], U.S.

| occupation = {{flatlist|

| genre = [[Sword and sorcery]], [[Dark Fantasy]], [[Historical fiction|historical]], [[Western fiction|western]], [[Horror fiction|horror]], [[Boxing|boxing stories]], [[Southern Gothic|southern gothic]], [[detective fiction]]

| movement = [[Sword and sorcery]], [[weird fiction]]

| notableworks = ''[[Conan the Barbarian|Conan the Cimmerian]]'' (series), ''[[Solomon Kane]]'' (series), ''[[Bran Mak Morn]]'', ''[[King Kull]]'', ''[[El Borak]]'', ''[[The Shadow of the Vulture]]''

| signature = Robert Howard signature.svg

| signature_alt = Robert E. Howard's signature

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