Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer renowned for his contributions to horror, fantasy, and science fiction, particularly through his development of cosmic horror—a subgenre emphasizing humanity's insignificance in a vast, indifferent universe. He is best known for creating the Cthulhu Mythos, a shared fictional universe featuring ancient, powerful entities like Cthulhu, forbidden knowledge, and the fragile boundary between sanity and madness.
