pRobert Erving Howard is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.br /Howard remains a highly read author, with his best works still reprinted, and is one of the best-selling fantasy writers of all time.br /Howards distinctive literary style relies on a combination of existentialism, poetic lyricism, violence, grimness, humour, burlesque, and a degree of hardboiled realism./p