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Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Henry Blackwood, 1869 - 1951 was an English writer of tales of the supernatural. Blackwood's private life was almost as odd and mysterious as his tales. A travelling man, he saw a great many places in the world. As a young man, he lived in New York and later on settled in Switzerland. Before that he had been moose hunting in Canada, hiking in Italy, France and Spain, and touring in Egypt, Austria and Sweden. After WWI, he found himself back in England. Besides writing, his activities were very diverse. He served as a secret agent in Switzerland at the end of WWI. His interest in the supernatural led him to visiting a spiritualist camp, exploring haunted houses and seeking out gurus like Gurdjieff and Ouspensky in France at a time when they were fashionable amongst the artistic jet set of the day.
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