Arthur Machen | |
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 Machen circa 1905 | |
| Born | Arthur Llewellyn Jones 3 March 1863 Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Died | 15 December 1947 (aged 84) Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England |
| 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 late 19th and early 20th centuries. 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.
- ^ Cecil John Layton Price (2001). "Machen, Arthur (1863–1947), formerly JONES, Arthur Llewellin, writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ Stephen King (4 September 2008). "Self-Interview". StephenKing.com. Retrieved 11 February 2021.