Robert Bloch

Robert Bloch
Bloch in 1976
Bloch in 1976
BornRobert Albert Bloch
(1917-04-05)April 5, 1917
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedSeptember 23, 1994(1994-09-23) (aged 77)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Pen nameTarleton Fiske, Will Folke, Nathan Hindin, E. K. Jarvis, Floyd Scriltch, Wilson Kane, John Sheldon, Collier Young[1]
OccupationNovelist, short-story writer
NationalityAmerican
Period1934–1994
GenreCrime, Fantasy, Horror, Science fiction
Notable worksPsycho, Psycho II, Psycho House, American Gothic, Firebug
Spouse
Marion Ruth Holcombe
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(m. 1940; div. 1963)​
Eleanor Zalisko Alexander
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(m. 1964)​
Children1
Website
robertbloch.net

Robert Albert Bloch (/blɒk/; April 5, 1917 – September 23, 1994) was an American writer. His works were mainly crime, psychological horror and fantasy. He was best known as the writer of Psycho (1959), which was the source material for the movie of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Bloch died on September 23, 1994 from cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 77.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Haynes, Diana (c. 1998). a.k.a.: 50 Years of American Literary Pseudonyms. Carlsbad, California: Primulum Books Ltd. p. 4. ISBN 0-9666470-0-9.
  2. ↑ Liukkonen, Petri. "Robert Bloch". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Robert Bloch on Poe and Lovecraft". alangullette.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Robert Bloch". www.tabula-rasa.info.

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