| LC control no. | no2001037232 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Janson, Hank |
| Variant(s) | Janson, Hank, 1908- |
| See also | Pseudonym and character created by Stephen Frances; pseudonym was later used by multiple persons. For works of persons known to have used this name, search also under: Frances, Stephen, 1917-1989; Hobson, Hank, 1908-; Moffatt, James, 1922-1993; Moorcock, Michael, 1939-; Norwood, Victor; Pardoe, Geoffrey, 1890-1953 Frances, Stephen, 1917-1989 Hobson, Hank, 1908- Moffatt, 1922-1993 Moorcock, Michael, 1939- Norwood, Victor Pardoe, Geoffrey, 1890-1953 |
| Beginning date | 19 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Place of birth | England |
| Field of activity | Gangster fiction Suspense fiction Science fiction Pulp literature |
| Profession or occupation | Authors |
| Found in | Brazen seductress, c1963: t.p. (Hank Janson) OCLC, 4-19-2001 (hdgs.: Janson, Hank, 1908- ; Janson, Hank; Janson, Hank, pseud.; usage: Hank Janson) Gale literary databases, 4-19-2001 (Hobson, Harry, 1908- ; pseuds.: Hank Hobson, Hank Janson; b. 1908, Sheffield, England) Some look better dead, 2003: t.p. (Hank Janson) verso (Stephen D. Frances) p.7 (real name: Stephen Frances) Telos publishing WWW site, 1 Aug., 2014: search (Hank Janson was the pseudonym adopted by author Stephen D Frances; Frances went on to write all of the 'classic era' (1946-1953) Hank Janson books ... and many of the later ones too, although almost all of the post-1959 novels (the last was published in 1971) were the work of different authors; The following is the fictional biography of Hank Janson that was printed in a number of the "classic era" novels: Hank Janson tells us that he was born in England during the Great War ...) Wikipedia, 1 Aug., 2014 (Hank Janson is both a fictional character and a pseudonym created by the English author Stephen Daniel Frances who died in 1989; Many of the later "Hank Janson" novels were the work of other authors - Stephen D. Frances (sole author 1946-1953, occasional 1954-1959), D.F. Crawley, Harry Hobson (circa 1963), Victor George Charles Norwood (circa 1964); Hank Janson was the most popular and successful of British pulp fiction authors of the 1940s and 1950s; In the 1950s, the authorities attempted a crack-down on allegedly obscene pulp literature, targeting the Janson books among others) SFE: The encyclopedia of science fiction WWW site, 1 Aug., 2014: author search (Stephen Frances; Stephen Daniel Frances; b. London 28 Mar. 1917; d. Rosas, Spain, 4 Sept. 1989) UK publisher and pulp writer who lived in Spain from the early 1950s; in the mid-1940s he founded his own publishing company, Pendulum Publications, which released a variety of genre fiction, including sf. His sf line was the Pendulum "Popular" Spacetime Series; he penned a series of fast-moving US-style thrillers as by Hank Janson) author search (Hank Janson, initially a personal pseudonym of Stephen Frances but eventually a House Name used by other UK writers for various publishers. Authors writing as Janson included Harry Hobson (1908- ), Harold Ernest Kelly, James Moffatt, Victor Norwood and Colin Simpson (1914- ). Most Janson titles were thrillers; sf novels listed) Ash Rare Books WWW site, 1 Aug., 2014 ("Janson, Hank" - [Frances, Stephen Daniel, 1917-1989] - Persian pride; may have been written in whole or in part by the editor, Geoffrey Pardoe, who had died in May 1953) <http://www.ashrare.com/hank_janson.html> Wikipedia, 1 Aug., 2014 (Michael Moorcock; Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published literary novels; pen name: Bill Barclay, William Ewert Barclay, Michael Barrington (with Barrington J. Bayley), Edward P. Bradbury, James Colvin, Warwick Colvin, Jr., Philip James, Hank Janson, Desmond Reid) |
| Associated language | eng |
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