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August Derleth

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.

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American novelist, short story writer, poet, editor, and anthologist (1909-1971)

Born 24 Feb 1909
Died 4 Jul 1971

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  • Cover of: AUGUST DERLETH'S EERIE CREATURES. It's About Time: An Introduction by Brian Lumley. Selected by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz

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  • Cover of: HISTOIRES A FAIRE DRESSER LES CHEVEUX SUR LA TETE: Stories to Make the Hair Stand Up on Your Head

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  • Cover of: 100 Books by August Derleth

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  • Cover of: The Eleanor Poems and Other Sac Prairie Poetry

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  • Cover of: The Memoirs of Solar Pons (The Solar Pons Series, No 3)

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American novelist, short story writer, poet, editor, and anthologist (1909-1971)

Born 24 Feb 1909
Died 4 Jul 1971
Subjects
Fiction, American Horror tales, Private investigators, Solar Pons (Fictitious character), History, Horror tales, Science fiction, Biography, Horror tales, American, American Authors, American Detective and mystery stories, American poetry, Authors, American, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, horror, Intellectual life, Social life and customs, short stories, American Fantasy fiction, American literature, Cthulhu (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, American, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Juvenile fiction, Mystery and detective stories
Places
Wisconsin, England, Prairie du Sac (Wis.), United States, London, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin River (Wis.), America, Canada, Carcosa, Concord (Mass.), France, Gennesault, Mackinac Island (Mich. : Island), Maine, Massachusetts, Milwaukee (Wis.), Mississippi River Valley, New England, Rainy River Valley (Minn. and Ont.), Salem Village, Sauk County (Wis.), Spain
People
August William Derleth (1909-1971), H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), Hercules L. Dousman (1800-1868), Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), Zona Gale (1874-1938), Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887), August Derleth (1909-1971), Berenice, Black Hawk Sauk chief (1767-1838), Carl Marty, Christopher Columbus, Devil, Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950), Egaeus, Faith Brown, Frank Daggett, George Rogers Clark (1752-1818), Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), Hercules Louis Dousman (1800-1868), Ignatius of Loyola, Saint (1491-1556), Jacques Marquette (1637-1675), Jane Fisher Dousman, Jane Fisher Rollette Dousman
Time
20th century, 1600s, 1922, 1969, 19th century, Revolution, 1775-1783, To 1763 (New France), To 1848

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