Arthur Machen
Welsh author and mystic (1863-1947) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 84
Arthur Llewellyn Jones, known by his pen name Arthur Machen, was a Welsh author and mystic of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy and horror fiction.
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Machen's birthplace at 33 High Street, The Square, Caerleon
The Rectory, Llanddewi Fach - Machen's childhood home
The House of Souls (London: Grant Richards, 1906), with cover designs by Sidney Sime
Cover of the American edition of The Secret Glory (New York: Knopf, 1922), one of the series of Machen's works published by Alfred A. Knopf in the 1920s
Blue plaque installed on Machen's birthplace in Caerleon in November 1997, under the auspices of the UK Arthur Machen SocietyAbout this person
His novella The Great God Pan has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror; Stephen King described it as "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language." He is also known for "The Bowmen", a short story that was widely read as fact, creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.
