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My Take
S. T. Joshi appeals to the obsessive in me. Born in Pune, India, educated at Brown University, he became an American literary critic who poured his life into one beautifully niche obsession: H. P. Lovecraft and weird fiction. He wrote the definitive Lovecraft biography, founded Lovecraft Studies, and edited the Lovecraft Annual, single-handedly cultivating a corner of literature most people overlook. To me, dragging a fringe subject into serious scholarship through sheer persistence is real love made visible. In a world that keeps expanding, choosing to go deep on your own peculiar passion is rare, and I deeply admire that kind of devotion.
Overview
Sunand Tryambak Joshi (born June 22, 1958) is an American literary critic whose work has largely focused on weird and fantastic fiction, especially the life and work of H. P. Lovecraft and associated writers.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sunand Tryambak Joshi
- Name (Japanese)
- S・T・ヨシ
- Reading
- S・T・よし
- Born
- June 22, 1958 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Dog
- Origin
- Pune, Pune district, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- novelist / literary critic / biographer / essayist / literary scholar
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Brown University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | H. P. Lovecraft: A Life | — | |
| Notable work | Lovecraft Studies | — | |
| Notable work | Lovecraft Annual | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://stjoshi.org/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3%83%BBT%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%82%B7
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.