HP Lovecraft

H.P. LOVECRAFT:

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (Providence, Rhode Island; August 20, 1890 - Ibid; March 15, 1937), better known as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American writer, author of horror and science fiction novels and stories. He is considered a great innovator of the horror story, to which he contributed his own mythology (the Cthulhu Mythos), developed in collaboration with other authors and still in force. His work constitutes a classic of cosmic horror, a current that departs from the traditional theme of supernatural horror (Satanism, ghosts), incorporating elements of science fiction (alien races, time travel, existence of other dimensions).

Lovecraft also cultivated poetry, essays, and epistolary literature. He is considered one of the most influential authors of the 20th century in the genre of fantasy literature.