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Conan The Barbarian Robert E. Howard created Conan the Barbarian in a series of short stories and novels in the 1930's. Born in Peaster, Texas, he was raised in Cross Plains. His fiction was carried in pulp magazines of the time such as Weird Tales, and H. P. Lovecraft was a friend and admirer of his. He committed suicide after holding vigil by his mother's deathbed in 1936. Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 283-284. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Portrayed by Vincent D'Onofrio in the biographical film: The Whole Wide World (1996) Maintained a friendly correspondence with H.P. Lovecraft. "All fled--all done, so lift me on the pyre; [Talking about the Conan character]: "He is the most realistic character I ever evolved. He is simply a combination of a number of men I have known. SOme mechanism in my subconscious took the dominant characteristics of various prize fighters, gunmen, bootleggers, oil field bullies, gamblers and honest workmen I had come in contact with, and combining them all, produced the amalgamation I called Conan the Cimmerian." © 2006 by SolidSnake2003. Part of Legacy Designs and The Fanlistings. Layout and codes are done my me. |