H.P. Lovecraft

H.P. Lovecraft

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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, among 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.
  • When was
    H.P. Lovecraft born?

    H.P. Lovecraft was born on Wednesday, August 20, 1890

  • Where was
    H.P. Lovecraft born?

    H.P. Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA

  • How old was
    H.P. Lovecraft when they died?

    H.P. Lovecraft was 46

  • When did H.P. Lovecraft die?

    H.P. Lovecraft died on
    Monday, March 15, 1937

  • How tall is H.P. Lovecraft?

    H.P. Lovecraft is 5'10"(1.8m)


Best Quotes

  • The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. And the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
  • The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
  • It is only the inferior thinker who hastens to explain the singular and the complex by the primitive shortcut of supernaturalism.
  • Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.
  • Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane.
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