Samuel Loveman

Samuel E. Loveman (14 January 1887-14 May 1976) was a Jewish American author and critic.
== Overview ==
A close friend of Howard Phillips Lovecraft and member of his literary circle the Kalem Club, Samuel Loveman also provided a source of inspiration for Lovecraft: in addition to appearing in the dreams which inspired "The Statement of Randolph Carter" (in which he became the major character Harley Warren) and "Nyarlathotep, the story "Hypnos" was dedicated to Loveman and he was the subject of the poem "To Samuel Loveman, Esquire, on His Poetry and Drama, Writ in the Elizabethan Style". Loveman was also responsible for introducing Lovecraft to several authors and clients - the pair shared many literary acquaintances - and wrote two memoirs of his friend after his death.
Despite this, after Lovecraft's death in early 1937, Loveman was informed by Lovecraft's ex-wife Sonia Greene of her former husband's anti-Semitic beliefs and this discovery caused Loveman to burn all of his correspondence and write a scathing essay ("Of Gold and Sawdust") on the topic.
Category:Kalem Club
Category:Deceased (Real World)
Category:Critics