H.P. Lovecraft, the man behinD the monsters.
Howard Philip's lovecraft, better known as H.P. Lovecraft, is one of the most influential authors of our time. This article, however, will focus on the man behind the myths. Lovecraft was born August 20, 1890 to Winfield Scott Lovecraft, and Sarah Susan Philips. Shortly after his birth, he showed his intelligence by reciting poetry at age three, and he was writing poems by the time he was six. However, he had a rather slapdash education, due to a variety of childhood mental illnesses. As a result, most of his education came from independent reading. However, the inspiration behind his stories was primarily his grandfather, who introduced him to a variety of genres of storytelling, as well as his own made up gothic tales. For many years, lovecraft lived as a writer, creating stories for a magazine called weird tales, before tragically dying of cancer at 46 on March 10, 1937.