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Robert Paul Holdstock

ロバート・ポール・ホルドストック

Robāto Pōru Hōrudosutokku

Pen Names: Robert Faulcon（Used for Night Hunter series）, Chris Carlsen（Used as pseudonym）, Richard Kirk（Used as pseudonym）, Robert Black（Used as pseudonym）, Ken Blake（Used as pseudonym）, Steven Eisler（Used as pseudonym）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1948-08-02 （Hythe, Kent, England）
Died
2009-11-29 （London, England） age 61
Nationality
English
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown （Baptismal Name: Unknown）
Residence History
Hythe, Kent → North London

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1968-2009
Influenced
Ursula K. Le Guin
Nominations
The Bone Forest (1992 World Fantasy Award Best Collection nomination), The Ragthorn (1994 BSFA Award Best Novel nomination)

Education

Bangor University (formerly University College of North Wales)
Zoology
Degree: BSc
Period: 1967-1970
Year of Graduation: 1970
Country: United Kingdom
Honours in applied Zoology
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Medical Zoology
Degree: MSc
Period: 1971
Year of Graduation: 1971
Country: United Kingdom

Awards

BSFA Award
1984
Work: Mythago Wood
Category: 最優秀小説賞
Organization: British Science Fiction Association
Result: 受賞
World Fantasy Award
1985
Work: Mythago Wood
Category: 最優秀小説賞
Organization: World Fantasy Convention
Result: 受賞
BSFA Award
1988
Work: Lavondyss
Category: 最優秀小説賞
Organization: British Science Fiction Association
Result: 受賞
World Fantasy Award
1992
Work: The Ragthorn
Category: 最優秀中編小説賞
Organization: World Fantasy Convention
Result: 受賞
HOMer Award
1992
Work: The Fetch
Category: ホラー小説賞
Result: 受賞
Czech Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Award
2002
Work: The Iron Grail
Category: 最優秀小説賞
Result: 受賞
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
2003
Work: La Forêt des Mythagos
Category: 特別賞
Result: 受賞
Prix Imaginales
2004
Work: Scarrowfell
Category: 短編賞
Result: 受賞
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
2004
Work: Celtika
Category: 外国語小説賞
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mythago Wood

1984 Mythic fiction

A fantasy novel where mythical beings emerge from the depths of the human psyche in the ancient Ryhope Wood.

mythwoodlandpsychologicalanthropologicalspirituality

Lavondyss

1988 Mythic fiction

Sequel to Mythago Wood, exploring a girl's journey into mythic realms.

mythcoming-of-agewoodland

Celtika

2001 Fantasy

First book of the Merlin Codex trilogy, based on Celtic myths.

Celtic mythologyadventure

Bibliography

  • Mythago Wood
  • Lavondyss
  • The Bone Forest
  • The Hollowing
  • Merlin's Wood
  • Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn
  • Avilion
  • Celtika
  • The Iron Grail
  • The Broken Kings

Style & Themes

Literary Style
mythic fictionphilosophical and psychological explorationanthropological detail
Recurring Motifs
CelticNordicGothicPictishwoodlandancient myths

Health

  • E. coli infection
    2009年11月
    Caused collapse, intensive care, and death

Legacy

Pioneering author of mythic fiction, winner of three BSFA Awards and World Fantasy Award, praised as inheritor of Tolkien's fantasy tradition.

In Popular Culture

  • Praised by John Howe as one of the best Celtic fantasy authors

Trivia

  • First story published in New Worlds in 1968
  • Guest of Honour at Novacon 1984
  • Used multiple pseudonyms