罗伯特·E·霍华德

Robert Ervin Howard (22 January 1906, Peaster, Texas – 11 June 1936, Cross Plains, Texas), was an extraordinarily prolific and inventive writer of fiction and poetry during the 1920s and 1930s. Although best known as the creator of Conan, REH wrote hundreds of poems and over three hundred works of fiction in a wide range of genres – about half of which were published during his tragically short career. REH's unique synthesis of historical adventure, fantasy, and horror created what we now known as sword and sorcery. 美国作家，以开创剑与魔法派奇幻文学知名。他也是霍华德·菲利普·洛夫克拉夫特的好友，在克苏鲁世界的建构中居功至伟。正当事业高峰时，他因母亲病危，自杀身亡。