August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the Cosmic Horror genre, as well as his founding of the publisher Arkham House (which did much to bring supernatural fiction into print in hardcover in the US that had only been readily available in the UK), Derleth was a leading American regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction, and biography.
A 1938 Guggenheim Fellow, Derleth considered his most serious work to be the ambitious Sac Prairie Saga, a series of fiction, historical fiction, poetry, and non-fiction naturalist works designed to memorialize life in the Wisconsin he knew. Derleth can also be considered a pioneering naturalist and conservationist in his writing.
August Derleth
×CloseAmerican novelist, short story writer, poet, editor, and anthologist (1909-1971)
Born | 24 Feb 1909 |
Died | 4 Jul 1971 |
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August Derleth
×CloseAmerican novelist, short story writer, poet, editor, and anthologist (1909-1971)
Born | 24 Feb 1909 |
Died | 4 Jul 1971 |
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Fiction, American Horror tales, History, American Detective and mystery stories, Biography, Detective and mystery stories, Horror tales, Horror tales, American, Juvenile fiction, Science fiction, first-person narrative, short stories, American literature, Children's fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Horror stories, Private investigators, Solar Pons (Fictitious character), American Authors, Authors, American, Classic Literature, Crime, Crime fiction, Cthulhu (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, AmericanPlaces
Wisconsin, England, United States, London, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Prairie du Sac (Wis.), America, Canada, Carcosa, Concord (Mass.), France, Massachusetts, Mississippi River Valley, New England, Prairie du Sac, Rainy River Valley (Minn. and Ont.), Salem Village, Vincennes (Ind.), Wisconsin River (Wis.), Wisconsin River (Wis.)., Wisconsin River Valley (Wis.)People
August William Derleth (1909-1971), Berenice, Christopher Columbus, Devil, Egaeus, Faith Brown, George Rogers Clark (1752-1818), Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), Hercules L. Dousman (1800-1868), Hercules Louis Dousman (1800-1868), Jacques Marquette (1637-1675), Jane Fisher Dousman, Jane Fisher Rollette Dousman, Nelson Dewey (1813-1889), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), Solar Pons, Solar Pons (Fictitious character)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL6925253A
- ISNI: 0000000108700448
- VIAF: 12307238
- Wikidata: Q509002
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q509002
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- August William Derleth
- August W. Derleth
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