![]() In 1941 he became literary editor of The Capital Times newspaper in Madison, a post he held until his resignation in 1960.ĭerleth was married April 6, 1953, to Sandra Evelyn Winters he was 44 and she was 18 at the time. His sponsors included the novelist Sinclair Lewis and the poet Edgar Lee Masters. He also lectured in American Regional Literature at the University of Wisconsin.ĭerleth was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in 1938 for his Sac Prairie Saga, a series of novels focused on Wisconsin history. In the mid-1930s he organised a Ranger's Club for young people, served as clerk and president of the local Board of Education, served as a parole officer, organised a local Men's Club and a Parent-Teacher Association. During this time he served briefly as editor of Mystic Magazine. Derleth wrote all throughout his four years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received a B.A. At the age of 16, he sold his first story to Weird Tales magazine. ![]() ![]() The son of William Julius Derleth and his wife Rose Louise Volk, he grew up in Sauk City, Wisconsin. 4.2.1 Cthulhu Mythos Anthologies/Collections. ![]()
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