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S. T. Joshi | |
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.jpg) S. T. Joshi in 2002. | |
| Born | (1958-06-22)June 22, 1958 (age 66) 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 onweird andfantastic fiction, especially the life and work ofH. P. Lovecraft and associated writers.
Hisliterary criticism focuses upon theworldviews of authors. HisThe Weird Tale examineshorror and fantasy writing byArthur Machen,Algernon Blackwood,Lord Dunsany,M. R. James,Ambrose Bierce, and Lovecraft.[1]
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 fromYale andHarvard so that he could attendBrown University, which is located inProvidence, Rhode Island where 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 Award statuette in light of a campaign highlighting Lovecraft's history of racism; Joshi returned his World Fantasy Awards in protest.[8]
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"The Ghost in the Corner" by Lord Dunsany, edited by S. T. Joshi and Martin Andersson Hippocampus Press 2017
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