Clark Ashton Smith

(1893-1961)

American short story writer and poet

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Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893 – August 14, 1961) was an American writer and artist. 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 Joaquin Miller, Sterling, and Nora May French and remembered as "The Last of the Great Romantics" and "The Bard of Auburn". Smith's work was praised by his contemporaries. H. P. Lovecraft stated that "in sheer daemonic strangeness and fertility of conception, Clark Ashton Smith is perhaps unexcelled", and Ray Bradbury said that Smith "filled my mind with incredible worlds, impossibly beautiful cities, and still more fantastic creatures".

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Born	13 January 1893 Long Valley, California, USA
Died	14 August 1961 (aged 68) Pacific Grove, California, United States
Zodiac	Capricorn
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George Sterling · Friend · 1869-1926 · American poet and playwright edit info

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H.P. Lovecraft · Friend · 1890-1937 · American writer and editor edit info

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Helen V. Sully · Friend · 1904-1997 edit info

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