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Howard Phillips Lovecraft, (August 20, 1890 - March 15, 1937) was an American horror writer and creator of the Cthulhu Mythos. He is the first writer to combine science fiction and horror in his works.
He was born on August 20, 1890, in Providence, Rhode Island. He was the only child of his father, Winfield Scott Lovecraft, a marketer, and his mother, Sarah Susan Phillips Lovecraft. His parents got married when they were both in their thirties. In 1893, when Lovecraft was only 3 years old, his father suffered a severe psychological illness in the hotel room he was staying in while he was on a business trip in Chicago. He was brought back to Providence and admitted to Butler Mental Hospital. He would stay here until his death from a stroke he suffered as a result of a nervous breakdown in 1898. His father's illness and death had a profound and profound impact on Lovecraft.
The author's most productive period began after he returned to Providence in the last decade of his life. He wrote his best-known short story, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward and the Heights of Madness, during this period. He introduced many ghost stories to the world of literature, such as Alonzo Typer's Diary, The Bump, and Winged Death. The author, who became very poor during these most productive years, had to move to a small boarding house with his surviving aunt.
In 1936 the writer was diagnosed with bowel cancer. Lovecraft, whose condition worsened due to malnutrition, died in Providence on March 15, 1937.
H.P. The name Lovecraft was immortalized with the horror novel he wrote in 1926, The Cthulhu Myth. This novel inspired many films, compositions and comic books. It inspired many science fiction writers who are still alive today, including Stephen King, Bentley Little, Joe R. Lansdale and Neil Gaiman.