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born: 02/24/1909
died: 07/04/1971
born as: August William Derleth
nationality: USA

An extremely prolific author of regional fiction, historical fiction, poetry, and most especially science-fiction and fantasy. He was a founder of Arkham House publishing, which has long been a major publisher of H.P. Lovecraft and supernatural fiction. Derleth himself made significant contributions to both detective fiction and Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythology.

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