Arthur Machen | |
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Born | Arthur Llewellyn Jones 3 March 1863 Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Died | 15 December 1947 Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England | (aged 84)
Occupation | Short story writer, novelist, journalist, actor |
Genre | Horror, fantasy, supernatural fiction, weird fiction |
Notable works | The Great God Pan, The Three Impostors, "The White People," The Hill of Dreams |
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Arthur Machen (/ˈmækən/ or /ˈmæxən/; 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947)[1] 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."[2] 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.