| LC control no. | n 78091083 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3573.A38638 |
| Personal name heading | Wagner, Karl Edward |
| Birth date | 1945-12-04 |
| Death date | 1994-10 |
| Place of birth | Knoxville (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Chapel Hill (N.C.) |
| Field of activity | Science fiction |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Editors Poets Publishers and publishing |
| Found in | Howard, R.E. Red nails, 1979, c1977 (a.e.) t.p. (Karl Edward Wagner) Conan y el camino de los reyes, 1979: title page (by Karl Edward Wagner) title page verso (translation of Conan, the road of kings, translated by Joan Josep Mussarra) Internet speculative fiction database, 28 September 2016 (Karl Edward Wagner, born Knoxville, Tennesssee 4 December 1945, died 13 October 1994; American specualitive fiction database) Wikipedia, 28 September 2016 (Karl Edward Wagner; Karl Edward Wagner (12 December 1945-14 October 1994) was an American writer, poet, editor and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy, who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and originally trained as a psychiatrist; he wrote numerous dark fantasy and horror stories; as an editor, he created a three-volume set of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian fiction restored to its original form as written, and edited the long-running and genre-defining Year's Best Horror and Fantasy series; his Carcosa publishing company issued four volumes of the best stories by some of the major authors of the so-called Golden Age pulp magazines; he is possibly best known for his creation of a series of stories featuring the character Kane, the Mystic Swordsman; Wagner earned a history degree from Kenyon College during 1967, and a psychiatry degree from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; he disliked the medical profession, which he abandoned upon establishing himself as a writer; he died in his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on October 14, 1994, essentially of the consequences of longterm alcoholism) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 78078932 |
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