Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925–April 15, 2000) was a writer and artist noted for his wry, macabre illustrated books.
Gorey was very fond of word games, particularly anagrams. He wrote many of his books under pseudonyms that were usually anagrams of his own name (most famously "Ogdred Weary"). Some of these are listed below, with the corresponding book title(s). "Eduard Blutig" is also a word game: "Blutig" is German (the language from which these two books were purportedly translated) for "bloody", which is a synonym for "gory".
Ogdred Weary - The Curious Sofa, The Beastly Baby
Mrs. Regera Dowdy - The Pious Infant
Eduard Blutig - The Evil Garden (translated from Der Böse Garten by Mrs. Regera Dowdy), The Tuning Fork (translated from Der Zeitirrthum by Mrs. Regera Dowdy)
Raddory Gewe - The Eleventh Episode
Dogear Wryde - The Broken Spoke/Cycling Cards
E. G. Deadworry - The Awdrey-Gore Legacy
D. Awdrey-Gore - The Toastrack Enigma, The Blancmange Tragedy, The Postcard Mystery, The Pincushion Affair, The Toothpaste Murder, The Dustwrapper Secret (Note: These books, although attributed to Awdrey-Gore in Gorey's book, The Awdrey-Gore Legacy, were not really written.)
Edward Pig - "[The Untitled Book]"
Wardore Edgy
Madame Groeda Weyrd - The Fantod Deck
2006-12-18 02:13:27
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answered by DanE 7
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I adore Edward Gorey. For New Year's Eve this year, I'm throwing a Very Gorey New Year's party. Guests will be asked to wear Edwardian or Victorian dress, and we will play rhyming drinking games, spin the bottle, and other parlour games. I will also request that guests bring a bottle of liquor appropriate to the occasion, whether that be gin or port or sherry or something else typically drunk by the upper class Yanks and Brits of that period. I plan to decorate with faux columns, urns, and large photocopied Gorey images. At the end of the evening, we will ring in the New Year with a toast of absinthe rather than champagne (or perhaps some mix of the two.)
2006-12-18 02:25:51
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answered by magistra_linguae 6
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Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925–April 15, 2000) grow to be a author and artist stated for his wry, macabre illustrated books. His first self reliant paintings, The Unstrung Harp, grow to be revealed in 1953. He additionally revealed under pen names that have been anagrams of his first and final names, jointly with "Ogdred Weary". Gorey grow to be very keen on word video games, rather anagrams. He wrote lots of his books under pseudonyms that have been regularly anagrams of his very own call (maximum famously "Ogdred Weary"). a number of those are listed under, with the corresponding e book identify(s). "Eduard Blutig" is likewise a word interest: "Blutig" is German (the language from which those 2 books have been purportedly translated) for "bloody", that's a synonym for "gory". Ogdred Weary - The Curious settee, The Beastly toddler Dogear Wryde - The broken Spoke/biking enjoying cards
2016-12-15 03:30:17
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answered by suire 4
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`Edward Gorey`
2006-12-20 12:37:43
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answered by Anonymous
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