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Hannes Bok


Born
in Kansas City, Missouri, The United States
July 02, 1914

Died
April 11, 1964

Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Poetry


Hannes Bok, pseudonym for Wayne Woodard, was an American artist and illustrator, as well as an amateur astrologer and writer of fantasy fiction and poetry. He painted nearly 150 covers for various science fiction, fantasy, and detective fiction magazines, as well as contributing hundreds of black and white interior illustrations. Bok's work graced the pages of calendars and early fanzines, as well as dust jackets from specialty book publishers like Arkham House, Llewellyn, Shasta, and Fantasy Press. His paintings achieved a luminous quality through the use of an arduous glazing process, which was learned from his mentor, Maxfield Parrish. Bok was the first artist to win a Hugo Award.

Today, Bok is best known for his cover art which appeared ...more

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Average rating: 3.53 · 449 ratings · 85 reviews · 92 distinct works • Similar authors
The Sorcerer's Ship
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3.26 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1942 — 7 editions
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Beyond the Golden Stair (Ba...
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Hannes Bok: A Life in Illus...
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A Hannes Bok Treasury
4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
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A Hannes Bok Sketchbook
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Spinner of Silver and Thistle
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1972
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The Fantastic Fiction of Ha...
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Statek Czarnoksiężnika
it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1993
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Stranger from Space
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Weird Tales March 1942
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