H.P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was Born

Aug 20, 1890

Lovecraft was born in his family home on August 20, 1890, in Providence, Rhode Island.

Lovecraft starts a series of critical letters to magazine authors that eventually earns him the notice of the editor who gives him a job.

Period: 1911 to 1914

First Non-Self Published Poem, "Providence in 2000 A.D."

1912

First Poem published in a local newspaper.

Lovecraft Marries Sonia Greene and moves to New York.

Mar 4, 1924

Begins the Draft of the "Call of Cthulhu"

Period: 1925 to 1926

H.P. Lovecraft Dies

Mar 15, 1937