WRITER

August Derleth

1909 - 1971

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August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. He was the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. He made contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the cosmic horror genre and helped found 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Derleth has received more than 617,245 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). August Derleth is the 2,310th most popular writer (down from 2,012th in 2019), the 2,897th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,640th in 2019) and the 254th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

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  • 55.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Evening in Spring
1941
Some notes on H.P. Lovecraft
American Authors, American Horror tales, Authors, American
1959
The mask of Cthulhu
Cthulhu (Fictitious character), Fiction
1958
The Trail of Cthulhu
1945
Someone in the Dark
American Horror tales, Horror tales, American
1945
The Mask of Cthulhu
1974

Among WRITERS

Among writers, August Derleth ranks 2,310 out of 7,302. Before him are Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Victorinus of Pettau, Samael Aun Weor, Jaggi Vasudev, Mircea Cărtărescu, and Indro Montanelli. After him are Uladzimir Karatkievich, Gabriel Matzneff, Berthold Auerbach, Donald Adamson, Wanda Wasilewska, and Fujiwara no Teika.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, August Derleth ranks 115. Before him are Eduard Wirths, Abdulrahman Fawzi, Mehmed Orhan, Franz Six, Gene Krupa, and Indro Montanelli. After him are Juan Vicente Pérez, Pavle Đurišić, André Cayatte, Hendrik Casimir, Shigeo Shingo, and Dana Andrews. Among people deceased in 1971, August Derleth ranks 74. Before him are József Zakariás, Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Edie Sedgwick, Margaret Bourke-White, John W. Campbell, and Duane Allman. After him are Frank Wolff, Mak Dizdar, Amet-khan Sultan, Georgi Asparuhov, Joseph Valachi, and Georgy Babakin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, August Derleth ranks 2,897 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Rosenthal (1911), Kevin Peter Hall (1955), Eunice Newton Foote (1819), Robert Walker (1918), Tito Puente (1923), and Laurie Holden (1969). After him are Carl Brashear (1931), Henry Hill (1943), Leon Russom (1941), Marty Friedman (1962), Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), and Philip Morrison (1915).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, August Derleth ranks 254. Before him are Fritz Leiber (1910), John W. Campbell (1910), Robert Ressler (1937), Harold Bloom (1930), William Steig (1907), and Archibald Gracie IV (1858). After him are Mary Baker Eddy (1821), Terence McKenna (1946), Kathy Reichs (1948), William Peter Blatty (1928), Terry Bisson (1942), and Frank McCourt (1930).

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