August W Derleth
August William Derleth
American
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkham House | 1939 | 1971 |
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkham House | 1939 | 1971 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1909/02/24 | August William Derleth is born in Sauk City, Wisconsin, to William Julius Derleth and Rose Louise Volk. | Born | |||||
| 1926/00/00 | August Derleth sells his first story, "Bat's Belfry", to 'Weird Tales' magazine. | Author | |||||
| 1931/06/00 | Derleth returns to Sauk City. At Freethinkers Hall, "I grew into the habit of attending their meetings - not regularly, not as regularly as in those years I went to Mass - but often enough to be enabled to reach out beyond the boundaries of Sac Prairie. | Life | Freethinkers Hall | Sauk City | |||
| 1931/11/06 | If I had any promontory specifically in mind when writing that tale, it was the headland near Gloucester called 'Mother Ann' - though that has no such relation to the city as my mysterious cliff has to Kingsport. - HPL letter to August Derleth | Life | The Strange High House in the Mist (short story) | Eastern Point Light Station | Gloucester, MA | ||
| 1933/09/00 | Derleth's tale "The Panelled Room" is published in The Westminster Magazine. | Author | The Panelled Room (Derleth story) | ||||
| 1937/10/00 | In late 1937, August Derleth and Donald Wandrei collect H P Lovecraft's best weird fiction from the pulp magazines into a memorial volume. Unable to find a publisher, Derleth and Wandrei decided to form their own company, Arkham House. | Work | |||||
| 1939/11/00 | On 10 acres of land there I had a house of stone built for me, largely by my father, a skilled carpenter, one large enough to house my comics collection, my personal library (12,000 books), my record collection, and my even larger Arkham House stock. - AD | Home | August W Derleth House | Sauk City | |||
| 1944/00/00 | August Derleth writes "The Lurker at the Threshold" based on fragments written by H P Lovecraft, 'Of Evill Sorceries Done in New-England of Daemons in no Humane Shape', 'The Round Tower' and 'The Rose Window'. | Author | The Lurker at the Threshold (book) | ||||
| 1945/00/00 | "The Lurker at the Threshold" by August Derleth is published through Arkham House. | Author | The Lurker at the Threshold (book) | ||||
| 1971/07/04 | August Derleth dies of a heart attack in Sauk City, Wisconsin. He is buried at Saint Aloysious Cemetery in Sauk City. | Died | August W Derleth House | Sauk City |
18 Creative Works by August W Derleth »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| The Panelled Room (Derleth story) | Author | Short Story | 1933/09/00 | |
| The Lurker at the Threshold (book) | Author | Novella | 1945/00/00 | |
| The Survivor | Author | Short Story | 1954/07/00 | |
| The Survivor and Others (short story collection) | Author | 1957/00/00 | ||
| The Peabody Heritage | Author | Short Story | 1957/00/00 | |
| The Ancestor | Author | Short Story | 1957/00/00 | |
| Wentworth's Day | Author | Short Story | 1957/00/00 | |
| The Shadow Out of Space | Author | Short Story | 1957/00/00 | |
| The Gable Window | Author | Short Story | 1957/05/00 | |
| The Lamp of Alhazred | Author | Short Story | 1957/10/00 | |
| The Shuttered Room | Author | Short Story | 1959/00/00 | |
| The Fisherman of Falcon Point | Author | Short Story | 1959/00/00 | |
| Witches Hollow | Author | Short Story | 1962/00/00 | |
| The Shadow in the Attic | Author | Short Story | 1964/00/00 | |
| The Dark Brotherhood | Author | Short Story | 1966/00/00 | |
| The Horror from the Middle Span | Author | Short Story | 1967/00/00 | |
| Innsmouth Clay | Author | Short Story | 1971/00/00 | |
| The Watchers Out of Time (story) | Author | Short Story | 1974/00/00 |
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