Joseph Altairac | |
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Born | 25 March 1957 |
Died | 9 November 2020 | (aged 63)
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Literary Critic Essayist |
Joseph Altairac (25 March 1957 – 9 November 2020) was a French literary critic and essayist. [1] [2]
He specialized in science fiction literature and served as secretary of the Prix Rosny-Aîné. His articles and works were largely dedicated to A. E. van Vogt, H. P. Lovecraft, and H. G. Wells. [3] He also studied subterranean fiction and the history of science fiction in France.
During the 1990s, Altairac published the journal Études lovecraftiennes, a French language equivalent of the American Lovecraft Studies, which led him to direct the "Cahiers d'études lovecraftiennes" at Éditions Encrage. [4]