Robert Bloch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert Bloch

American novelist and short story writer

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1917

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 23-Sep-1994

Profession: screenwriter, writer, novelist, science fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Robert Bloch

  • Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917 – September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, horror, fantasy and science fiction, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • He is best known as the writer of Psycho (1959), the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock.
  • His fondness for a pun is evident in the titles of his story collections such as Tales in a Jugular Vein, Such Stuff as Screams Are Made Of and Out of the Mouths of Graves. Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over 30 novels.
  • He was one of the youngest members of the Lovecraft Circle and began his professional writing career immediately after graduation, aged 17.
  • He was a protégé of H.
  • P.
  • Lovecraft, who was the first to seriously encourage his talent.
  • However, while Bloch started his career by emulating Lovecraft and his brand of "cosmic horror", he later specialized in crime and horror stories dealing with a more psychological approach. Bloch was a contributor to pulp magazines such as Weird Tales in his early career, and was also a prolific screenwriter and a major contributor to science fiction fanzines and fandom in general. He won the Hugo Award (for his story "That Hell-Bound Train"), the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award.
  • He served a term as president of the Mystery Writers of America (1970) and was a member of that organization and of Science Fiction Writers of America, the Writers Guild of America, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Count Dracula Society.
  • In 2008, The Library of America selected Bloch's essay "The Shambles of Ed Gein" (1962) for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American true crime.His favorites among his own novels were The Kidnapper, The Star Stalker, Psycho, Night-World, and Strange Eons.
  • His work has been extensively adapted into films, television productions, comics, and audiobooks.

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