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Edward Gorey

February 22, 1925 - April 15, 2000

Edward Gorey was an American writer and artist noted for his macabre illustrated books.

Gorey is typically described as an illustrator. His books can be found in the humor and cartoon sections of major bookstores, but books like The Object Lesson have earned serious critical respect as works of surrealist art. His experimentations — creating books that were wordless, books that were literally matchbox-sized, pop-up books, books entirely populated by inanimate objects — complicates matters still further. As Gorey told Richard Dyer of The Boston Globe, "Ideally, if anything [was] any good, it would be indescribable." Gorey classified his own work as literary nonsense, the genre made most famous by Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. (Source: Wikipedia.)

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  • Cover of: Category: fifty drawings

    First published in 1973 12 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1969 12 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Amphigorey: fifteen books

    First published in 1972 11 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition amphigorey0000gore Cover of edition amphigoreyfiftee0000gore Cover of edition amphigoreyperige00edwa
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  • Cover of: Dark Forces: new stories of suspense and supernatural horror

    First published in 1980 11 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition darkforces0000unse Cover of edition darkforces0000na Cover of edition darkforces0000kirb Cover of edition darkforcesnewsto00mcca Cover of edition darkforcesnewsto0000unse
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    First published in 1966 10 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition gildedbat0000edwa
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  • Cover of: The Gashlycrumb Tinies: 1998 Deluxe Engagement Book

    First published in 1981 10 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition gashlycrumbtinie00gore
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  • Cover of: Curious Sofa

    First published in 1961 10 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition curioussofaporno00wear
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  • Cover of: Brer Rabbit and His Tricks

    First published in 1967 9 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition brerrabbithistri0000unse Cover of edition brerrabbithistri00rees
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  • Cover of: You Read to Me, I'll Read to You

    First published in 1962 8 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition youreadtomeillre0000ciar Cover of edition youreadtomeillre00ciar
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  • Cover of: Edward Gorey's Haunted looking glass: ghost stories

    First published in 1959 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition hauntedlookinggl0000unse
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    First published in 1969 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition donald0000neum
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  • Cover of: The dong with a luminous nose.

    First published in 1969 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Sam and Emma

    First published in 1971 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1968 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Treehorn's Treasure: The Adventures of Treehorn #2

    First published in 1981 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition letresordetreeho0000heid
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  • Cover of: The Awdrey-Gore legacy

    First published in 1972 5 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition awdreygorelegacy0000edwa
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  • Cover of: The remembered visit;

    First published in 1965 5 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Amphigorey also

    First published in 1983 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Insect God: The Vingear Works #2

    First published in 1963 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Amphigorey Again: Amphigorey #4

    First published in 2004 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, Children's fiction, Pictorial American wit and humor, Humor, Juvenile fiction, Caricatures and cartoons, Poetry, American wit and humor, pictorial, Children's poetry, Folklore, American poetry, Animals, Children's poetry, American, English language, Fairy tales, Nonsense verses, Picture books, African Americans, African americans, folklore, Alphabet, American wit and humor, Animals, fiction, Artists, Authors, Biography
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United States, Bridgton, Germany, Hartford, Maine, New England, Southern States, États-Unis
People
Edward Gorey, Edward Gorey (1925-), Edward Gorey (1925-2000), Aggie Bibber, Alan Turman, Amanda Dumfries, Ambrose Cornell, Andrew Drayton, Arnie Simms, Ben Michaelson, Bill Giosti, Brenton Norton, Bud Brown, Buddy Eagleton, Carla Norton, Dan Miller, Davy Crockett, Dick Muehler, Dougls Trumbull, Edward Gorey (1925-2000,), Hank Vannerman, Hattie Turman, Hilda Reppler, Janine Lawless, Jasser

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Alternative names

  • St. John Gorey
  • Ogdred Weary
  • Edward St. John Gorey
  • Edward Blutig
  • Edward Pig
  • Drew Dogyear
  • Regera Dowdy
  • Dreary Wodge
  • Garrod Weedy
  • Redway Grode
  • Edward Saint John Gorey
  • Saint John Gorey
  • E. D. Ward
  • Edward Bloody
  • Wardore Edgy
  • Raddory Gewe
  • Roy Grewdead
  • Edward GOREY
  • Edward Gorey
  • Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000
  • EDWARD GOREY
  • Gorey Edward

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April 22, 2024 Edited by MARC Bot move website to links
March 13, 2023 Edited by mheiman merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 21, 2020 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import