Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

Howard was born and raised in Texas. He spent most of his life in the town of Cross Plains, with some time spent in nearby Brownwood. A bookish and intellectual child, he was also a fan of boxing and spent some time in his late teens bodybuilding, eventually taking up amateur boxing. From the age of nine he dreamed of becoming a writer of adventure fiction but did not have real success until he was 23. Thereafter, until his death by suicide at age 30, Howard's writings were published in a wide selection of magazines, journals, and newspapers, and he became proficient in several subgenres. His greatest success occurred after his death.

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罗伯特·欧文·霍华德（Robert Ervin Howard，1906 年 1 月 22 日 - 1936 年 6 月 11 日）是一位美国作家，他创作了多种类型的低俗小说。他以野蛮人柯南的角色而闻名，被认为是剑和巫术子流派之父。

霍华德在德克萨斯州出生和长大。他一生中的大部分时间都在克罗斯平原镇度过，并在附近的布朗伍德度过了一段时间。他是一个书卷气十足、知识渊博的孩子，也是拳击迷，在他十几岁的时候花了一段时间进行健美运动，最终开始练习业余拳击。从九岁起，他就梦想成为一名冒险小说作家，但直到 23 岁才取得真正的成功。此后，直到他 30 岁自杀身亡，霍华德的作品发表在各种杂志、期刊和报纸上，他精通几个子流派。他最大的成功发生在他死后。