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Sax Rohmer (1883–1959)

Auteur de Le mystérieux docteur Fu Manchu

187+ oeuvres 5,508 utilisateurs 78 critiques 19 Favoris

A propos de l'auteur

Sax Rohmer was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he adopted the name Sarsfield, the name of a famous Irish general admired by Rohmer's mother. He married Rose Elizabeth Knox in 1909 and, at his wife's insistence, began using the name Sax Rohmer for his fiction, eventually afficher plus employing the pseudonym as his actual name. Rohmer was basically a self-taught scholar. He started writing as a journalist; his beat was the Limehouse underworld in London. Rohmer had a difficult time breaking into the professional fiction markets, but once he did, he became a household name for exotic adventure both in England and in America. Although his writing brought Rohmer success and money, he was never much of a businessman, and most of his wealth was squandered because of his extravagance and through financial mismanagement. Rohmer eventually moved to New York City. One of Rohmer's great intellectual interests was the occult and supernatural, and these elements frequently appeared as motifs in his fiction. His most famous creation was the evil oriental mastermind, Dr. Fu Manchu, first presented in the novel The Mystery of Fu Manchu in 1913 (later retitled The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu for its American publication, also in 1913). Most espionage or adventure fiction exploits the social paranoias of its time, and Rohmer himself effectively tapped the Westerner's fear of the stereotyped "yellow peril" threat---the negatively perceived belief that Orientals will conquer the world. The Fu Manchu adventures were patterned, in part, after Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. Rohmer's protagonists in these adventures, Sir Denis Nayland Smith and his companion Dr. Petrie, look very much like Doyle's Holmes and Watson, but, whereas Doyle centered his narratives on the heroes and specifically on the elaborate process of detection, Rohmer focused his attention on the villain and on slam-bang action. Fu Manchu was a master of both Western science and Eastern mysticism, and his efforts at world domination caused no end of problems for Smith and Petrie. In Fu Manchu, Rohmer had created the most famous villain in popular fiction (although Rohmer maintained that Fu Manchu was based on an actual Limehouse criminal). Despite Rohmer's use of outrageous racial stereotyping, many of his novels hold up well today and provide superior examples of how to create narrative pacing and suspense. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :

(eng) Rohmer was born Arthur Henry Ward. He later added Sarsfield to his name.

Séries

Œuvres de Sax Rohmer

Le mystérieux docteur Fu Manchu (1913) 690 exemplaires
Les créatures du docteur Fu Manchu (1916) 306 exemplaires
Les Mystères du Si-Fan - Fu Manchu (1917) 261 exemplaires
Daughter Of Fu Manchu (1931) 208 exemplaires
Brood of the Witch-Queen (1918) 204 exemplaires
The Trail Of Fu Manchu (1934) 179 exemplaires
The Bride Of Fu Manchu (1933) 173 exemplaires
The Yellow Claw (1915) 150 exemplaires
The Drums of Fu Manchu (1939) 146 exemplaires
The Island Of Fu Manchu (1941) 145 exemplaires
The golden scorpion (1919) 126 exemplaires
President Fu Manchu (1936) 123 exemplaires
The green eyes of Bast (1920) 118 exemplaires
Re-Enter Dr Fu Manchu (1957) 116 exemplaires
The dream detective (1920) 111 exemplaires
The quest of the sacred slipper (1919) 107 exemplaires
Bat Wing (1921) 103 exemplaires
The Fu Manchu Omnibus: Volume 1 (1995) 97 exemplaires
The Romance of Sorcery (1914) 97 exemplaires
Dope (1919) 94 exemplaires
Fire-Tongue (1901) 92 exemplaires
Emperor Fu Manchu (1959) 85 exemplaires
Tales of Chinatown (1922) 78 exemplaires
The wrath of Fu Manchu (1973) 74 exemplaires
The day the world ended (1930) 69 exemplaires
L'esprit du faucon noir (1918) 69 exemplaires
The Fu Manchu Omnibus: Volume 2 (1997) 51 exemplaires
The Sins of Sumuru (1950) 47 exemplaires
The Sins of Severac Bablon (1914) 46 exemplaires
The Fu Manchu Omnibus: Volume 4 (1999) 44 exemplaires
Grey Face (1924) 42 exemplaires
The Orchard of Tears (1918) 42 exemplaires
Sumuru (1951) 41 exemplaires
The Fu Manchu Omnibus: Volume 3 (1998) 38 exemplaires
The secret of Holm Peel (1970) 37 exemplaires
The Fu Manchu Omnibus: Volume 5 (2001) 36 exemplaires
Yellow Shadows (1925) 31 exemplaires
Hangover house (1949) 30 exemplaires
Return of Sumuru (1954) 29 exemplaires
The Emperor of America (1929) 28 exemplaires
Yu'an Hee See laughs (1932) 26 exemplaires
Sinister Madonna (1956) 25 exemplaires
Moon of Madness (1927) 23 exemplaires
The Haunting of Low Fennel (1920) 23 exemplaires
The bat flies low (1935) 22 exemplaires
She Who Sleeps (1928) 21 exemplaires
Bim-bashi Baruk of Egypt (1944) 19 exemplaires
The Fire Goddess (1952) 19 exemplaires
Seven sins (1943) 18 exemplaires
White Velvet (1936) 14 exemplaires
The exploits of Captain O'Hagan (1916) 11 exemplaires
Sax Rohmer's Dope (2017) — Source Material Author — 10 exemplaires
The Moon is Red (1954) 7 exemplaires
Il mistero della babbuccia sacra (1993) 6 exemplaires
The Death Ring of Sneferu (2004) 5 exemplaires
Breath Of Allah (2004) 5 exemplaires
The Mysterious Mummy (2010) 5 exemplaires
The Book of Fu-Manchu (1930) 4 exemplaires
The Curse of a Thousand Kisses (1981) 3 exemplaires
The White Hat (2010) 3 exemplaires
A House Possessed (2004) 3 exemplaires
Tchériapin (2010) 3 exemplaires
In The Valley Of The Sorceress (2013) 3 exemplaires
The Bat Flys Low 2 exemplaires
Il ‰delitto di mezzanotte (2004) 2 exemplaires
Occhi nel buio (1997) 2 exemplaires
The Zayat Kiss 2 exemplaires
The Dance Of The Veils (2004) 2 exemplaires
La Déesse Aux Yeux Verts (1985) 2 exemplaires
The Man With The Shaven Skull (2004) 2 exemplaires
Wulfheim (1950) 2 exemplaires
Lure Of Souls 2 exemplaires
El diabólico Fu-Manchú (2001) 2 exemplaires
Keltaiset varjot 1 exemplaire
The Secret Of Ismail 1 exemplaire
FU MANCHU T01 (1996) 1 exemplaire
Dope: A Story of Chinatown (2017) 1 exemplaire
Tales of Chinatown Sax Rohmer (2017) 1 exemplaire
Eldtungan 1 exemplaire
The Green Spider (1904) 1 exemplaire
RESURRECTION DE FU MANCHU (1988) 1 exemplaire
Omnibusbogen — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
The Whispering Mummy and Others (2023) 1 exemplaire
7: Fu Manchu empereur 1 exemplaire
Fu Manchu (2008) — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
The Eyes Of Fu Manchu 1 exemplaire
The Key of the Temple of Heaven (2004) 1 exemplaire
The Owl Hoots Twice 1 exemplaire
Egyptian Nights 1 exemplaire
Tales Of Abu Tabah (1918) 1 exemplaire
The Pigtail Of Hi Wing Ho (2010) 1 exemplaire
The House Of Golden Joss (2010) 1 exemplaire
Lord of the Jackals 1 exemplaire
Kerry's Kid (Dodo Press) (2010) 1 exemplaire
Pomegranate Flower 1 exemplaire
Fu Manchus mask 1 exemplaire
Harûn Pasha 1 exemplaire
Le docteur Fu Manchu (1996) 1 exemplaire
Zrádný doktor Fu-Manchu (1995) 1 exemplaire
Návrat doktora Fu-Manchu (1995) 1 exemplaire
Ruka doktora Fu-Manchu (1995) 1 exemplaire
The Fu-Manchu Omnibus (2011) 1 exemplaire
Fu Manchu 1 exemplaire
The Blue Monkey 1 exemplaire
Bazarada 1 exemplaire
Kejsaren av Amerika 1 exemplaire

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Miraculous Mysteries: Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2017) — Contributeur — 103 exemplaires
Wolf's Complete Book of Terror (1979) — Contributeur — 76 exemplaires
Fighters of Fear: Occult Detective Stories (2020) — Contributeur — 48 exemplaires
The Necromancers (1971) — Contributeur — 34 exemplaires
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror (1928) — Contributeur — 32 exemplaires
King Solomon's Mines and Other Adventure Classics (2016) — Contributeur — 29 exemplaires
The Mystery Book (1934) — Contributeur — 29 exemplaires
Tales of Dungeons and Dragons (1986) — Contributeur — 23 exemplaires
The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 8 (1929) — Contributeur — 23 exemplaires
Satanism and Witches (1974) — Contributeur — 23 exemplaires
The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories (1904) — Contributeur — 22 exemplaires
The Magicians: Occult Stories (1972) — Contributeur — 18 exemplaires
Prince of Darkness (1978) — Contributeur — 16 exemplaires
Tales of the Occult (1975) — Auteur, quelques éditions16 exemplaires
The Second Book of Unknown Tales of Horror (1826) — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires
The Mummy: Stories of the Living Corpse (1988) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2000 (2000) — Contributeur — 10 exemplaires
The 7th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1972) — Contributeur — 10 exemplaires
M Is for Monster: A Modern Bestiary of Classic Monsters (2011) — Contributeur — 9 exemplaires
50 Classic Mystery Books (2010) — Contributeur — 7 exemplaires
A Tide of Terror; An Anthology of Rare Horror Stories. (1972) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
My Best Thriller (1947) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
Avon Fantasy Reader No. 7 (1948) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
Ancient Egyptian Supernatural Tales (2016) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
The great weird stories (1977) — Contributeur — 4 exemplaires
London After Midnight: A Conducted Tour, Part 1 (1996) — Contributeur — 4 exemplaires
The Spy in the Shadows [Anthology 8-in-1] (1965) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Fantastiske fortellinger — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
The Bedside Bonanza (1944) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Horror and Homicide (1949) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire

Étiqueté

Partage des connaissances

Nom canonique
Rohmer, Sax
Nom légal
Ward, Arthur Henry (born)
Ward, Arthur Henry Sarsfield (adopted this name)
Autres noms
Rohmer, Sax
Furey, Michael
Date de naissance
1883-02-15
Date de décès
1959-06-01
Lieu de sépulture
Kensal Green Catholic Cemetery, London, England, UK
Sexe
male
Nationalité
UK
Pays (pour la carte)
England, UK
Lieu de naissance
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Lieu du décès
London, England, UK
Lieux de résidence
New York, New York, USA
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
White Plains, New York, USA
Professions
magazine writer
novelist
bank clerk
errand boy
journalist
Relations
Rohmer, Elizabeth Sax (wife)
Courte biographie
Sax Rohmer was born in Birmingham of Irish parents, William Ward and Margaret Mary (Furey) Ward. He received no formal schooling until he was nine or ten years old, but his father taught his son to read.

After finishing his schooling, Rohmer worked at numerous odd jobs. At the age of 20 he began his writing career with THE MYSTERIOUS MUMMY, which appeared in Pearson's Weekly in 1903. In 1909 he married Rose Elizabeth Knox, whose father had been a well-known comedian.

During the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely read magazine writers in the English language. After World War 2 the Rohmers moved to New York City, where he continued writing.
Notice de désambigüisation
Rohmer was born Arthur Henry Ward. He later added Sarsfield to his name.

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Discussions

THE DEEP ONES: "Tchériapin" by Sax Rohmer à The Weird Tradition (Février 2014)
Sax Rohmer à The Weird Tradition (Juin 2013)

Critiques

Fu Manchu jette son dévolu sur Londres!. Cruel, rusé, vicieux, l'homme aux yeux verts venu d'orient assassine des ressortissants britanniques. Obéissant à une mystérieuse organisation asiatique,
il ne recule devant rien pour parvenir à ses fins.
Que peuvent en face de lui Nayland Smith et le brave Petrie?

Polar autant que récit fantastique, on est pris par le rythme et par les coups tordus du méchant Fu Manchu.
Un très bon moment dans une très belle édition (Zulma).
 
Signalé
Mr_Inverno | 25 autres critiques | Aug 20, 2009 |

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Statistiques

Œuvres
187
Aussi par
52
Membres
5,508
Popularité
#4,530
Évaluation
½ 3.6
Critiques
78
ISBN
800
Langues
11
Favoris
19

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