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Hannes Bok | |
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 Hannes Bok | |
| Born | Wayne Francis Woodard July 2, 1914 Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
| Died | April 11, 1964 (aged 49) New York City, New York, United States |
| Pen name | Hannes Bok |
| Occupation | Illustrator, writer |
| Period | 1939–1957 (SF magazine artist) |
| Genre | Fantasy |
Hannes Bok, pseudonym for Wayne Francis Woodard (UK: /ˈwʊdɑːrd/ , US: /ˈwʊdərd/;[1] July 2, 1914 – April 11, 1964), 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 Publishers, 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 shared one of the inaugural 1953 Hugo Awards for science fiction achievement (best Cover Artist).
- ^ Jones, D., et al., eds., Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary, 17th ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006), p. 563.