Conrad Voss Bark

Conrad Voss Bark , actually Conrad Lyddon Voss-Bark (born March 9, 1913 in Cottingham (East Riding of Yorkshire) , † November 23, 2000 ), was a British journalist and writer.

Life

Voss Bark completed his schooling at Hymers College in Kingston upon Hull and at the Bristol Grammar School . He then earned his living doing various odd jobs. In 1935 he got a job as a journalist with The Hampstead News ; later he moved to Golders Green Gazette .

Voss Bark worked for the Ambulance Service in London throughout World War II . Immediately after the end of the war, he returned to Bristol , where he briefly served as editor of the Western Daily Press . In the spring of 1947 he went back to London and became a journalist and editor at The Times .

In 1951 he became the first journalist to do a live TV report for the BBC .

He was married four times and had several children.

reception

As a journalist, Voss Bark was best known for his political comments. In addition to his specialist books on fly fishing , which were (and still are) appreciated by many, there were also some crime novels that were highly valued by the public . To this end, Bark invented "Detective Mr. Holmes" in 1962, to which he subsequently dedicated some of his works.

Works

Non-fiction

• The Arundell Arms beginner's flyfishing guide . Merlin Unwin, Ludlow 1993, ISBN 1-873674-14-7 .
• The dry fly. Progress since Halford . Merlin Unwin, Ludlow 1996, ISBN 1-873674-22-8 .
• Fishing for lake trout with fly and nymph . Witherby, London 1972, ISBN 0-85493-102-3 .
• A fly on the water . Allen & Unwin, London 1986, ISBN 0-04-799034-1 .
• A history of flyfishing . Unwin, London 1992, ISBN 1-873674-03-1 .
• The new encyclopaedia of fly fishing . 2nd ed. Hale, London 1999, ISBN 0-7090-6308-3 . (formerly The encyclopaedia of fly fishing ).

Detective novels

• Mr. Holmes at Sea . Macmillan, London 1962 (Cock Robin Mystery).
• Mr. Holmes goes to ground . Macdonald, London 1963.
• Mr. Holmes and the fair Armenian . I. Henry Press, Hornchurch 1979, ISBN 0-86025-107-1 (reprinted Aug. London 1964).
• Mr. Holmes and the love bank . Macdonald, London 1964.
• The Shepherd file . Pan Books, London 1970, ISBN 0-330-02183-4 (reprint of the London 1966 edition).
• The second red dragon . Pan Books, London 1972, ISBN 0-330-23271-1 (reprint of the London 1968 edition).
• The sealed entrance . Chapman & Hall, London 1947.
• The big wave . Severn House, London 1979, ISBN 0-7278-0528-2 .

literature

• Armin Arnold (Ed.): Reclams Kriminalromanführer . Reclam, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-15-010278-2 , p. 342.
• Otto Penzler: Detectionary. A biographical dictionary of leading characters in detective and mystery fiction . Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY 1977, ISBN 0-87951-041-2 .

Web links

• Obituary for Conrad Voss Bark . In: The Telegraph of November 30, 2000.
• Peter Hill: Conrad Voss Bark . In: The Guardian of November 29, 2000.