August Derleth
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American novelist, short story writer, poet, editor, and anthologist (1909–1971)
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August Derleth was an American male novelist, author, short story writer, and prose writer. His professional career in literature spanned from 1939 until his death in 1971. He wrote in the English language and worked within the fields of science fiction, horror fiction, and fantasy fiction.
Derleth published under several pseudonyms, including Stephen Grendon, Eldon Heath, Kenyon Holmes, and Tally Mason. He was born in 1909 and died in 1971.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1909
- Died
- 1971
- Works
- 240
Top works
- The man on all fours
- Vampires at midnight
- Wind over Wisconsin
- The outsider and others
- La Sombra fuera del Espacio
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 37
- Total plays
- 231
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1909–1971
- Nationality
- US
- Role / Field
- Novelists, Authors, Spisovatelia, Short story writer, Prozaici, Science fiction
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 26 libraries
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- August
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sauk City
- Place of death
- Sauk City
- Occupation
- biographer
- Educated at
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Genre
- Lovecraftian horror
- Movement
- cosmicism
- Image
- Studio portrait of August Derleth by Ephraim Burt Trimpey (cropped).jpg
Show 11 more facts
- writing language
- English language
- date of birth
- 1909-02-24
- date of death
- 1971-07-04
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- birth name
- August William Derleth
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- August Derleth
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- Commons Creator page
- August Derleth
- end of work period
- 1971-07-04
- pseudonym
- Michael West
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