H. P. Lovecraft

**H. P. Lovecraft**
	American author (1890–1937) Lovecraft in 1934
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Name in native language	Howard Phillips Lovecraft;
Date of birth	20 August 1890; Providence
Date of death	15 March 1937; Providence
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	small intestine cancer;
Place of burial	Swan Point Cemetery (41°51′14.476″N 71°22′51.845″W);
Pseudonym	Ward Phillips;
Work period (start)	1917;
Work period (end)	15 March 1937;
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	Hope High School;
Occupation	novelist; poet; journalist; science fiction writer; essayist; writer;
Field of work	horror fiction; weird fiction; creative and professional writing; belletristic literature; fantasy literature; horror literature;
Father	Winfield Scott Lovecraft;
Mother	Sarah Susan Phillips Lovecraft;
Spouse	Sonia Greene (1924–1926);
Relative	Whipple Van Buren Phillips (maternal grandfather);
Work location	Providence;
Notable work	The Call of Cthulhu; The Shadow Out of Time; At the Mountains of Madness; The Case of Charles Dexter Ward; The Cats of Ulthar; Beyond the Wall of Sleep; The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath; The Shadow Over Innsmouth;
Award received	Retro Hugo Award (2020); Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2016); Retro Hugo Award for Best Series (2020);
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English: Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) — known as H. P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy, poetry and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.

Photographs edit

One of the Truesdell portraits
Another Truesdell portrait
The third Truesdell portrait
H. P. Lovecraft in 1915
non-cropped version of the previous photograph
Official UAPA photograph
Alternative copy of UAPA photograph
H. P. Lovecraft in Brooklyn
R. H. Barlow's photograph of H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft and Vrest Orton in 1928
A cropped version of the previous image
H. P. Lovecraft with Frank Belknap Long in Brooklyn
H. P. Lovecraft with Sonia Greene in 1921
H. P. Lovecraft in Brooklyn in 1922
H. P. Lovecraft at Brown University
H. P. Lovecraft seated around 1930
The Lovecraft family in 1892
H. P. Lovecraft as a child
H. P. Lovecraft in 1892

Signature edit

H. P. Lovecraft's signature
An alternative copy of the signature
Another alternative copy of the signature
A signature from a 1924 letter

Grave and memorials edit

Gravesite
Grave with offerings
Grave photgraph
Alternative grave photograph
Family grave marker
Memorial plaque
A closer photograph of the plaque
An angled photograph of the plaque
A photgraph of the plaque with a stuffed Cthulhu
Another image of the plaque
Memorial square
Updated Memorial Square plaque

Bookplate edit

H. P. Lovecraft's bookplate

Artistic portrayals edit

Virgil Finlay's illustration of H. P. Lovecraft as an eighteenth-century gentleman
Duane W. Rimel's linocut depicting H. P. Lovecraft
Silhouette cut by E. J. Perry
Portrait, Dominique Signoret
Cropped version of the previous work
SVG depiction of H. P. Lovecraft
Bronze bust at the Providence Athenaeum
A statue sculpted by Gage Prentiss