Apparently the classic Dungeons & Dragons "Known World" setting -- later "Mystara" -- originated as a home-brew campaign world created by Lawrence Schick and Tom Moldvay in 1974-76. Unsurprisingly (to anyone familiar with the D&D module X2), Clark Ashton Smith was a major inspiration.
Schick has the details in this post at the Black Gate.
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