Description:
Born in Providence, Lovecraft was a sickly child whose parents died insane. When he was 16, he wrote the astronomy column in the Providence Tribune. Between 1908 and 1923, he wrote short stories for Weird Tales magazine and others. He died in Providence, in poverty, on March 15, 1937. His most famous novel is considered to be "At the Mountains of Madness", about an expedition to the South Pole, which discovers strange creatures beneath a mountain.
Birthday
August 20, 1890
Born In
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Alternative names
Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Height
180 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Sonia Haft Shifirkin Greene March 3, 1924 - March 25, 1929 (divorced)
Parents
Winfield Scott Lovecraft
Trivia
Universally considered to be the father of modern horror and Sci-Fi (after his short-story "In the Walls of Eryx", co-written with Kenneth J. Sterling and published on January 1936).
Quotes
[1921] It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of
immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no
sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve
society as best it may. Personally I would not care for immortality in
the least. There is nothing better than oblivion, since in oblivion
there is no wish unfulfilled. We had it before we were born, yet did
not complain. Shall we whine because we know it will return? It is
Elysium enough for me, at any rate.
Trademarks
Tales of gothic horror, especially related to mysterious and monstrous entities called "Great Old Ones", such as Cthulhu.
