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.

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.

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