Sax Rohmer (1883–1959)
Auteur van The Insidious Doctor Fu-Manchu
Over de Auteur
Sax Rohmer was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he adopted the name Sarsfield, the name of a famous Irish general admired by Rohmer's mother. He married Rose Elizabeth Knox in 1909 and, at his wife's insistence, began using the name Sax Rohmer for his fiction, eventually toon meer employing the pseudonym as his actual name. Rohmer was basically a self-taught scholar. He started writing as a journalist; his beat was the Limehouse underworld in London. Rohmer had a difficult time breaking into the professional fiction markets, but once he did, he became a household name for exotic adventure both in England and in America. Although his writing brought Rohmer success and money, he was never much of a businessman, and most of his wealth was squandered because of his extravagance and through financial mismanagement. Rohmer eventually moved to New York City. One of Rohmer's great intellectual interests was the occult and supernatural, and these elements frequently appeared as motifs in his fiction. His most famous creation was the evil oriental mastermind, Dr. Fu Manchu, first presented in the novel The Mystery of Fu Manchu in 1913 (later retitled The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu for its American publication, also in 1913). Most espionage or adventure fiction exploits the social paranoias of its time, and Rohmer himself effectively tapped the Westerner's fear of the stereotyped "yellow peril" threat---the negatively perceived belief that Orientals will conquer the world. The Fu Manchu adventures were patterned, in part, after Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. Rohmer's protagonists in these adventures, Sir Denis Nayland Smith and his companion Dr. Petrie, look very much like Doyle's Holmes and Watson, but, whereas Doyle centered his narratives on the heroes and specifically on the elaborate process of detection, Rohmer focused his attention on the villain and on slam-bang action. Fu Manchu was a master of both Western science and Eastern mysticism, and his efforts at world domination caused no end of problems for Smith and Petrie. In Fu Manchu, Rohmer had created the most famous villain in popular fiction (although Rohmer maintained that Fu Manchu was based on an actual Limehouse criminal). Despite Rohmer's use of outrageous racial stereotyping, many of his novels hold up well today and provide superior examples of how to create narrative pacing and suspense. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Ontwarringsbericht:
(eng) Rohmer was born Arthur Henry Ward. He later added Sarsfield to his name.
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Werken van Sax Rohmer
The Hand of Fu Manchu, the Return of Dr. Fu Manchu, the Yellow Claw, Dope: 4 Complete Classics by Sax Rohmer (1983) 58 exemplaren
Tales of East and West : Thirteen Little Masterpieces of Death and Fear and Terror (1932) 15 exemplaren
British Mystery Megapack Volume 4: The Secret Adversary, Tales of Chinatown, At The Villa Rose, Egyptian Cigarette, A… (2014) 11 exemplaren
The Sax Rohmer Collection: 15 Novels and Short Stories in One Volume (Halcyon Classics) (2010) 11 exemplaren
Delphi Collected Works of Sax Rohmer US (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Seven Book 11) (2016) 7 exemplaren
Dr. Fu Manchu Trilogy: The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu & The Hand of Fu Manchu (2018) 5 exemplaren
The Sax Rohmer Collection: 56 Novels and Short Stories in One Volume (Halcyon Classics) 3 exemplaren
The Dr. Fu Manchu (A Supervillain Trilogy): The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu & The Hand of Fu… (2019) 3 exemplaren
The Bat Flys Low 2 exemplaren
The Yellow Claw / The Golden Scorpion (Gaston Max Mysteries: Stark House Mystery Classics) (2015) 2 exemplaren
The Zayat Kiss 2 exemplaren
Lure Of Souls 2 exemplaren
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu 2 exemplaren
Sax Rohmer's the castle of Fu Manchu 2 exemplaren
DAUGHTER OF DR. FU-MANCHU 1 exemplaar
Keltaiset varjot 1 exemplaar
Rare Antique Day The World Ended Sax Rohmer Mystery 1st Edition Crime First Printing Novel 1 exemplaar
The Headless Mummies [Moris Klaw] 1 exemplaar
The Secret Of Ismail 1 exemplaar
The Golden Scorpion 1920 [Leather Bound] 1 exemplaar
1: Nue sous son vison: les esclaves de Sumuru 1 exemplaar
The Methods of Moris Klaw 1 exemplaar
The Yellow Claw Annotated 1 exemplaar
The Sins of Séverac Bablon annotated 1 exemplaar
The Orchard of Tears Illustrated 1 exemplaar
2: La déesse du feu: le retour de Sumuru 1 exemplaar
Rare Antique Sax Rohmer / She Who Sleeps / A.L. Burt Reprint, 1928 [Hardcover] Sax Rohmer 1 exemplaar
The Yellow Claw & The Golden Scorpion: Detective Gaston Max and Inspector Dunbar Mysteries (2 Books in One Edition) (2019) 1 exemplaar
Eldtungan 1 exemplaar
tohtori Fu-Manchu kauhujen mies 1 exemplaar
Omnibusbogen — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Case of the Haunting of Grange [Moris Klaw] 1 exemplaar
The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu illustrated 1 exemplaar
La Colère de Fu-Manchu 1 exemplaar
La piste de Fu Manchu: Le Président Fu Manchu 1 exemplaar
7: Fu Manchu empereur 1 exemplaar
The Golden Scorpion & The Yellow Claw 1 exemplaar
Dope. by Sax Rohmer [pseud.] 1 exemplaar
Yu'an Hee See Laugh ( The Orient Edition) 1 exemplaar
Det hemlighetsfulla Egypten : noveller 1 exemplaar
The Case of the Tragedies in the Greek Room 1 exemplaar
Five Pulps: A Sax Rohmer Supernatural Mystery Collection (Five thrilling novels in one volume!) (2011) 1 exemplaar
The Mystery Of The Marsh Hole 1 exemplaar
For Love Of Mistress Mary 1 exemplaar
Brother Wing Commanders 1 exemplaar
The Eyes Of Fu Manchu 1 exemplaar
The Owl Hoots Twice 1 exemplaar
Egyptian Nights 1 exemplaar
The Hand of the Mandarin Quong 1 exemplaar
Lord of the Jackals 1 exemplaar
Brood of the Witch Queen and Other Stories by Sax Rohmer (Five thrilling novels in one volume!) (2009) 1 exemplaar
Pomegranate Flower 1 exemplaar
The Haunting of Low Fennel The Haunting of Low Fennel-The Valley of the Just-The Blue Monkey-The Riddle of Ragstaff-The… (2012) 1 exemplaar
Fu Manchus mask 1 exemplaar
Harûn Pasha 1 exemplaar
El misterio del Dr. Fu-Man-Chú 1 exemplaar
Fu Manchu 2 Volumes: The Insidious Doctor Fu-Manchu & The Return Of Dr. Fu-Manchu (1961) 1 exemplaar
The Turquoise Necklace 1 exemplaar
Fu Manchu 1 exemplaar
The Master of Hollow Grange 1 exemplaar
The Riddle of Ragstaff 1 exemplaar
The Blue Monkey 1 exemplaar
The Valley of the Just 1 exemplaar
The First Sax Rohmer Omnibus: Fire-Tongue 1 exemplaar
Bazarada 1 exemplaar
Kejsaren av Amerika 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Rohmer, Sax
- Officiële naam
- Ward, Arthur Henry (born)
Ward, Arthur Henry Sarsfield (adopted this name) - Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Rohmer, Sax
Furey, Michael - Geboortedatum
- 1883-02-15
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1959-06-01
- Graflocatie
- Kensal Green Catholic Cemetery, London, England, UK
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- England, UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- London, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
White Plains, New York, USA - Beroepen
- magazine writer
novelist
bank clerk
errand boy
journalist - Relaties
- Rohmer, Elizabeth Sax (wife)
- Korte biografie
- Sax Rohmer was born in Birmingham of Irish parents, William Ward and Margaret Mary (Furey) Ward. He received no formal schooling until he was nine or ten years old, but his father taught his son to read.
After finishing his schooling, Rohmer worked at numerous odd jobs. At the age of 20 he began his writing career with THE MYSTERIOUS MUMMY, which appeared in Pearson's Weekly in 1903. In 1909 he married Rose Elizabeth Knox, whose father had been a well-known comedian.
During the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely read magazine writers in the English language. After World War 2 the Rohmers moved to New York City, where he continued writing. - Ontwarringsbericht
- Rohmer was born Arthur Henry Ward. He later added Sarsfield to his name.
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THE DEEP ONES: "Tchériapin" by Sax Rohmer in The Weird Tradition (februari 2014)
Sax Rohmer in The Weird Tradition (juni 2013)
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