S. T. Joshi
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 S. T. Joshi in 2002. | |
| Born | June 22, 1958 Pune,India |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | Brown University(BA,MA) |
| Subject | Weird fiction |
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Sunand Tryambak Joshi(born June 22, 1958) is an American literary critic whose work has largely focused onweirdandfantastic fiction,especially the life and work ofH. P. Lovecraftand associated writers.
Career
[edit]Hisliterary criticismfocuses upon theworldviewsof authors. HisThe Weird Taleexamineshorrorand fantasy writing byArthur Machen,Algernon Blackwood,Lord Dunsany,M. R. James,Ambrose Bierce,and Lovecraft.[1]
Personal life
[edit]S. T. Joshi was born on June 22, 1958, in Pune, India, to Tryambak M. Joshi and Padmini T. Joshi.[2][3][4]When he was four, his family moved to the United States and settled inIndiana.[2][4]He discovered the work of Lovecraft at age 13 in a public library inMuncie,Indiana. He also readL. Sprague de Camp's biography of Lovecraft,Lovecraft: A Biography,on publication in 1975, and began thereafter to devote himself to Lovecraft. This devotion led him to decline offers fromYaleandHarvardso that he could attendBrown University,which is located onProvidence, Rhode Islandwhere Lovecraft had lived.[5][6]He is anatheist.[6]
He lives in Seattle, Washington.[1][6]Joshi married Leslie Gary Boba on September 1, 2001.[1]They divorced in December 2010.[7]
In August 2014, Joshi opposed the decision to retire and replaceGahan Wilson's bust of Lovecraft as theWorld Fantasy Awardstatuette in light of a campaign highlighting Lovecraft's history of racism; Joshi returned his World Fantasy Awards in protest.[8]
Notable publications
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Books
[edit]- Lord Dunsany: A Bibliography(1993) (co-writer: Darrell Schweitzer)
- H. P. Lovecraft: A Life(1996)
- Sixty Years of Arkham House:A History and Bibliography(Arkham House,1999)ISBN9780870541766
- I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft(2010)
- Lord Dunsany: A Comprehensive Bibliography(2013)
Edited volumes
[edit]- Miscellaneous Writingsby H. P. Lovecraft (Arkham House, 1995).
- Documents of American Prejudice: An Anthology of Writings on Race from Thomas Jefferson to David Duke(Basic Books, 1999).
- The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Storiesby H. P. Lovecraft (Penguin Classics No. 1, 1999).
- Atheism: A Reader(Prometheus Books, 2000).
- The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Storiesby H. P. Lovecraft (Penguin Classics No. 2, 2001).
- The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Storiesby H. P. Lovecraft (Penguin Classics No. 3, 2005).
- Searchers after horror.Fedogan & Bremer.[9]
Awards
[edit]- Horror Writers Association – Bram Stoker Award for Nonfiction[1]
1996H. P. Lovecraft: A Life(Necronomicon Press)– Author - British Fantasy Society – British Fantasy Award for Best Small-Press Publication[2]
1997H. P. Lovecraft: A Life(Necronomicon Press)– Author - International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts – IAFA Distinguished Critic Award[3]
2003 - World Fantasy Award – Special Award for Professional Scholarship[4]
2005 - International Horror Guild – Outstanding Achievement in Horror & Dark Fantasy for Nonfiction[5]
2005Supernatural Literature of the World (Greenwood Press)– Co-editor - International Horror Guild – Outstanding Achievement in Horror & Dark Fantasy for Nonfiction[6]
2006Icons of Horror and the Supernatural (Greenwood Press)– Editor - World Fantasy Award – Special Award Non-Professional[7]
2013Unutterable Horror: A History of Supernatural Fiction, Volumes 1 & 2 (PS Publishing)– Author - S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellowship
2013
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References
[edit]- ^abc"S.T. Joshi: An Autobiography".Archivedfrom the original on April 3, 2019.
- ^abSetiya, Kieran (2020). "Correspondence; Revisiting H. P. Lovecraft".The Yale Review.108(3): 138.doi:10.1353/tyr.2020.0048.hdl:1721.1/130173.ISSN0044-0124.S2CID236895320.
- ^"Obituary for Tryambak M. Joshi (Aged 83)".Muncie Evening Press.February 26, 1994. p. 15.Archivedfrom the original on August 23, 2021.
- ^ab"Sunand Tryambak Joshi".Indianapolis: Federal Naturalization Records, 1892–1992. August 15, 1978.Archivedfrom the original on August 23, 2021 – via Ancestry.
- ^"New Fans: H. P. Lovecraft Is As Good As Poe, They Say".The Ludington Daily News.July 8, 1977. p. 11. Archived fromthe originalon February 28, 2020 – viaNewspapers.
- ^abcOppenheimer, Mark (March 15, 2014)."Spreading the Word on the Power of Atheism".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.ProQuest2213674612.Archivedfrom the original on July 9, 2017.
- ^S. T. Joshi."Blog".S. T. Joshi.Archivedfrom the original on March 12, 2012.
- ^Flood, Alison (November 11, 2015)."HP Lovecraft biographer rages against ditching of author as fantasy prize emblem".The Guardian.eISSN0261-3077.Archivedfrom the original on May 12, 2021.
- ^Briefly reviewed in the May 2015 issue ofAsimov's Science Fiction,pp.107–111
- ^"Lovecraft Research Fellowship".Locus.January 15, 2018.ISSN0047-4959.
- ^Cannon, Peter (August 29, 2013)."Lovecraft Fans and Scholars Gather for NecronomiCon Providence 2013".Publishers Weekly.ISSN0000-0019.
External links
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Media related toSunand Tryambak Joshiat Wikimedia Commons- S. T. Joshiat theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
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- 1958 births
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- American literary critics
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- American atheists
- Brown University alumni
- American male writers of Indian descent
- H. P. Lovecraft scholars
- Indian emigrants to the United States
- Science fiction critics
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- World Fantasy Award-winning writers
- Writers from Pune
- Cthulhu Mythos writers
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- Weird fiction publishers
- American critics of religions
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- Writers from Seattle
- People from Muncie, Indiana