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The Evergreen Tree of Diabolical Knowledge
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Devendra P. Varma
24 books9 followersDevendra P. Varma was born in Darbhanga, a Himalayan village overlooking Mount Everest. He eventually became a British/Canadian citizen.
He was an internationally acclaimed scholar and the author of dozens of major articles and books in the scholarly discipline of Gothic Studies, making him the pre-eminent scholar in the field. Varma was a decorated Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Knight Officer of the Holy Sepulchre. He held the Order of the Lion and the Black Rose and was a Fellow of the Augustan Society. He spoke at the Conference on Literatures of the Fantastic at the University of Northern Colorado held October 14th-16th. Varma was then made a full member of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honour Society.
Varma was a retired Full Professor Emeritus from Dalhousie University at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Devendra Prasad Varma, Ph.D., Honorary Vice-President of the Vampire Research Society.
On his return trip from delivering a scholarly address at The Undiscovered Country Conference on Literatures of the Fantastic at UNC, he suffered an unexpected stroke and slipped into a coma. Varma finally sustained a massive stroke that took his life on October 24, 1994.
He was an internationally acclaimed scholar and the author of dozens of major articles and books in the scholarly discipline of Gothic Studies, making him the pre-eminent scholar in the field. Varma was a decorated Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Knight Officer of the Holy Sepulchre. He held the Order of the Lion and the Black Rose and was a Fellow of the Augustan Society. He spoke at the Conference on Literatures of the Fantastic at the University of Northern Colorado held October 14th-16th. Varma was then made a full member of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honour Society.
Varma was a retired Full Professor Emeritus from Dalhousie University at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Devendra Prasad Varma, Ph.D., Honorary Vice-President of the Vampire Research Society.
On his return trip from delivering a scholarly address at The Undiscovered Country Conference on Literatures of the Fantastic at UNC, he suffered an unexpected stroke and slipped into a coma. Varma finally sustained a massive stroke that took his life on October 24, 1994.
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