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Arthur Machen

  • Артур Мейчен
  • Arthur Llewellyn Jones
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Machen, Arthur
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Gender
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Date of birth
1863-03-03
Place of birth
Caerleon
Date of death
1947-12-15
Place of death
Beaconsfield

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Arthur Machen ( or ; 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan (1890; 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror, with Stephen King describing it as "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language." He is also well known for "The Bowmen", a short story that was widely read as fact, creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.

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Welsh writer.

Last modified: 2023-02-04 (revision #112869)

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Goodreads Author ID
33546
ISNI
0000000080815744
LibraryThing Author
machenarthur
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL554155A
VIAF
2473758
Wikidata ID
Q540166

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