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Howard D. Pollyen
A little-known early 20th-century writer, remembered for a bold blend of biblical retelling, spiritual reflection, and poetry. His surviving work has the earnest, self-published intensity of a book meant to feel like revelation.
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The Secret of the Creation
by Howard D. Pollyen
About the author
Howard D. Pollyen is a very obscure author whose best-known surviving work is The Secret of the Creation. Publicly available listings and digitized editions confirm that the book was written by him and later preserved through Project Gutenberg and other library-style archives.
The book presents a retelling of creation in a strongly religious, visionary style, followed by poems and songs. From the text that survives, Pollyen comes across as a writer drawn to grand themes—origins, faith, the human soul, and the struggle between light and darkness.
Very little reliable biographical information about his life appears to be readily available in major reference sources, so most modern readers know him mainly through this single unusual work rather than through a well-documented personal history.