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Howard D. Pollyen

A little-known early 20th-century writer whose surviving work blends religion, philosophy, and poetic language into a dramatic creation story. He appears in the historical record mainly through a single Project Gutenberg title, which gives his writing an unusual, almost visionary tone.

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The Secret of the Creation

The Secret of the Creation

by Howard D. Pollyen

About the author

Howard D. Pollyen is a very obscure author, and reliable biographical information about his life is hard to find. The clearest confirmed record is Project Gutenberg's listing for The Secret of the Creation, which credits him as the author and shows that this is the only work currently listed there under his name.

The text itself presents him as "Dr. Howard D. Pollyen" and describes the book as containing songs and poems as well as the opening chapters of a larger work. Its style is spiritual, allegorical, and highly self-confident, combining creation narrative, moral struggle, and lyrical language in a way that feels closer to a personal vision than to a conventional novel.

Because so little trustworthy background is available, it is safest to remember Pollyen through the writing rather than through a detailed life story. What survives suggests a writer interested in big themes—creation, the soul, good and evil, and humanity's place in the universe.