1. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 - March 15, 1937) was born at 9 a.m. on August 20, 1890 in his home at 194 Angel Street (now No. 454) in Providence.
2. Lovecraft's most famous works are a series of novels later called "Cthulhu Mythos".
3. He is an American writer of horror, science fiction and fantasy, especially famous for his strange novels.
4. The first exquisite story appeared around 1917 ("Odd Tales in the Tomb", "Dagong"), and the representative works include "The Haze of Indosmouth", "Crazy Mountains", "The Call of Kesulu", etc.