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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 13 Jan 1893
- Died
- 14 Aug 1961
- Works
- 159
Top works
- The Last Hieroglyph
- The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
- Fantastic Stories Presents the Weird Tales Super Pack #2
- The Red Brain: Great Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
- One Hundred
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Film & TV
Known for
- Clark Ashton Smith: The Emperor of Dreams — Self (archive sound)2018
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1893
- Active to
- 1961
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 149
- Total plays
- 1,334
Tags
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Clark Ashton Smith (13 January 1893 – 14 August 1961) was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne. As a poet, Smith is grouped with the West Coast Romantics alongside Ambrose Bierce, Joaquin Miller, Sterling, Nora May French, and remembered as "The Last of the Great Romantics" and "The Bard
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Pacific Grove
- Occupation
- translator
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- horror literature
- Official website
- www.eldritchdark.com
- Image
- Clark Ashton Smith 1912.jpg
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- Commons category
- Clark Ashton Smith
- date of birth
- 1893-01-13
- date of death
- 1961-08-14
- topic's main category
- Category:Clark Ashton Smith
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Clark Ashton Smith
- start of work period
- 1910-00-00
- pseudonym
- Klarkash-Ton
- place of burial
- Auburn
- writing language
- English language
- Commons Creator page
- Clark Ashton Smith
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