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Name: LOVECRAFT, Howard Phillips
Aged: 46
Born: August 20, 1890
Where: Providence, Rhode Island
Died: March 15, 1937
Where: Providence, Rhode Island
Interred: Swan Point Cemetery
Married: Sonia Haft Greene
When: March 3, 1924
H. P. Lovecraft
Professor Angell had seen the hellish outlines of the nameless
monstrosity, puzzled over the unknown hieroglyphics, and heard
the ominous syllables which can be rendered only as Cthulhu"
Afflicted by seizures of unknown cause, Lovecraft received only partial public schooling. Unable to work as a laborer in a time bereft of social services, Howard became a burden to his family and gradually slipped into poverty. Writing was one of the few things available to Lovecraft but success, other than from loyal fans and influenced writers, avoided him.
Short stories were sold mostly to Weird Tales and only one book was published in Lovecraft's lifetime, The Shadow Over Innsmouth. Lovecraft's early death due to cancer left most of his works unpublished. August Derleth's Arkham House was created, in large part, to publish these stories.
Lovecraft's grave remained unmarked (many Depression era graves are unmarked) for 40 years until fans erected a marker that contained the haunting epitaph, 'I am Providence.' (see cemetery link above)
"I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the
floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess."
ARCHIVE:
PEN NAMES: At least 13, with John J. Jones, Ward Phillips, Lewis Theobald Jr., & Albert Frederick Willie used mostly for poetry.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Try here or mine here.
BIOGRAPHY - BOOKS: Science Fiction Writers, Scribners 1982;
and there are 5 biographies titled H. P. Lovecraft...by L. Sprague deCamp, 1975; S. T.
Joshi, 1980; Donald R. Burleson, 1983; Peter Cannon, 1989; and,
S. T. Joshi (again), 1996.
OBITUARY: Associated Press, March 15, 1937
