H. P. Lovecraft

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correspondent essayist horror fiction writer human novelist short story writer writer

H. P. Lovecraft was an American writer of weird and cosmic horror fiction whose creation of the Cthulhu Mythos and emphasis on existential dread profoundly shaped modern horror literature.

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instanceOf correspondent ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
horror fiction writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
associatedWith Weird Tales magazine ⓘ
amateur press associations ⓘ
burialPlace Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island ⓘ
causeOfDeath intestinal cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
created Cthulhu ⓘ
Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ
Necronomicon (fictional grimoire) ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1890-08-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1937-03-15 ⓘ
education Hope High School (did not graduate) ⓘ
emphasis cosmic insignificance of humanity ⓘ
existential dread ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anglo-American ⓘ
familyName H. P. Lovecraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lovecraft
father Winfield Scott Lovecraft ⓘ
fullName H. P. Lovecraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Howard Phillips Lovecraft
genre cosmic horror ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ
givenName Howard ⓘ
influenced Clive Barker ⓘ
Horror role-playing games ⓘ
Neil Gaiman ⓘ
Stephen King ⓘ
cosmic horror genre ⓘ
modern horror literature ⓘ
knownFor creation of the Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ
development of cosmic horror ⓘ
influence on 20th-century horror fiction ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
marriageEnd 1929 ⓘ
marriageStart 1924 ⓘ
middleName Phillips ⓘ
mother Sarah Susan Phillips Lovecraft ⓘ
movement weird fiction tradition ⓘ
notableWork At the Mountains of Madness ⓘ
Herbert West–Reanimator ⓘ
The Call of Cthulhu ⓘ
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward ⓘ
The Colour Out of Space ⓘ
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath ⓘ
The Dreams in the Witch House ⓘ
The Dunwich Horror ⓘ
The Music of Erich Zann ⓘ
The Outsider ⓘ
The Rats in the Walls ⓘ
The Shadow Out of Time ⓘ
The Shadow over Innsmouth ⓘ
The Whisperer in Darkness ⓘ
occupation amateur journalist ⓘ
editor ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Providence ⓘ
surface form: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
placeOfDeath Providence ⓘ
surface form: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
previousReligion Protestantism ⓘ
relative Whipple Van Buren Phillips ⓘ
religion atheism ⓘ
residence Providence ⓘ
surface form: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Sonia H. Greene ⓘ
styleCharacteristic archaic diction ⓘ
epistolary narratives ⓘ
first-person accounts of madness ⓘ
writingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ

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H. P. Lovecraft → familyName → H. P. Lovecraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft → fullName → H. P. Lovecraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Edgar Allan Poe → influenced → H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
Guillermo del Toro → influencedBy → H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
Mike Mignola → influencedBy → H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
Neil Gaiman → influencedBy → H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
Stephen King → influencedBy → H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ