![]() ![]() He received a knighthood in 1949.īest Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood (1911) ![]() Later in life, Blackwood turned to writing radio plays, and in 1947 he began a new career on BBC TV telling ghost stories. A Prisoner in Fairyland was adapted into the play (later the musical), Starlight Express. His most personal works, however, are his 'mystical' novels, for example The Centaur, where he explores man's empathy with the forces of the universe.īlackwood also wrote children's fiction. His reputation as one of the greatest exponents of supernatural fiction began to grow.Chiefly known for his ghost stories, Blackwood wrote in many different forms within the genre. The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories, published in 1906, was followed by a series of psychic detective stories, featuring John Silence, 'physician extraordinary'. Sent away to Canada at the age of twenty, his attempts at making a living were wholly unsuccessful and shortly after his return to England, he began to write. Later, he was to draw on these beliefs and experiences in his writing. During adolescence, he became fascinated by hypnotism and the supernatural and, on leaving university, studied Hindu philosophy and occultism. His parents, converts to a Calvinistic sect, led an austere life, ill-suited to their dreamy and sensitive son. Algernon Blackwood was born into a well-to-do Kentish family. ![]()
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