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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: Thoughtful alphabets: The just dessert & The deadly blotter

    First published in 2012 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1975 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1992 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Cal 01 Days of the Art and Words of Edward Gorey: 365 Days of the Art and Words of Edward Gorey

    First published in 2000 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1980 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1980 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1997 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Edward Gorey 2008 Postcard Planner

    First published in 2007 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 2001 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Edward Gorey the Utter Zoo Alphabet: 2000 Deluxe Engagement Book

    First published in 1999 1 edition
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  • Cover of: seltsame Sammlung: deutsche Annäherungen an 'An ominous gathering' in Vers und Prosa

    First published in 1975 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Figbash acrobate

    First published in 1994 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1990 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Gorey by Grimes (Cp 1651)

    First published in 1983 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Gorey Cats and Paper Dolls

    First published in 1982 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 2003 1 edition in 1 language
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Photo of Edward Gorey
Subjects
Fiction, Pictorial American wit and humor, Caricatures and cartoons, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Humor, Specimens, American wit and humor, American wit and humor, pictorial, Alphabet rhymes, Fiction, humorous, general, Folklore, Miniature books, Poetry, Toy and movable books, American poetry, Artists, Authors, Biography, Children's poetry, English language, Fairy tales, Humor, general, Juvenile literature, Nonsense verses
Places
United States, Bridgton, Earth, Germany, Great Britain, Hartford, Maine, New England, Southern States, États-Unis
People
Edward Gorey (1925-), Edward Gorey (1925-2000), Edward Gorey, 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,), Hamilton Deane, Hank Vannerman, Hattie Turman, Hilda Reppler, Janine Lawless
Time
20th century

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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