ST Joshi has condemned the World Fantasy awards’ decision to quit using trophies modelled on the controversial writer as ‘the worst sort of political correctness’HP Lovecraft’s biographer ST Joshi has returned his two World Fantasy awards following the organisers’ decision to quit using a bust of the author for the annual trophy – a move the Lovecraft expert called “a craven yielding to the worst sort of political correctness”.
The change was announced on Sunday. It follows a year-long campaign led by the author Daniel José Older, who launched a petition calling for the awards to end their trophy’s organization with “avowed racist” Lovecraft.
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Source: theguardian.com