Algernon Blackwood

Novelist, Author

1869 – 1951

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Who was Algernon Blackwood?

Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. He was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator. S. T. Joshi has stated that "his work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer's except Dunsany's" and that his short story collection Incredible Adventures "may be the premier weird collection of this or any other century".

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Born
Mar 14, 1869
Shooter's Hill
Also known as
  • Algernon Henry Blackwood
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Lived in
  • London
Died
Dec 10, 1951
Beckenham

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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