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Bram Stoker

  • Abraham Stoker
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Stoker, Bram
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Date of birth
1847-11-08
Place of birth
Ireland
Date of death
1912-04-20
Place of death
United Kingdom

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Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912), better known by his pen name Bram Stoker, was an Irish novelist who wrote the 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. The book is widely considered a milestone in Vampire fiction, and one of the most famous classics of English literature. The character of the primary antagonist Count Dracula ranks among the most iconic fictional figures of the entire Victorian era, and led to countless adaptations of the character for films, movies, plays, comics, video games, and stage performances.

During his life, he was better known as the personal assistant of the actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the West End's Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned. Stoker was also a distant relative of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the fictional Sherlock Holmes crime detective character. The two novelists collaborated in writing other novels such as The Fate of Fenella in 1892.

In his early years, Stoker worked as a theatre critic for an Irish newspaper and wrote stories as well as commentaries. He also enjoyed travelling, particularly to Cruden Bay in Scotland where he set two of his novels and drew inspiration for writing Dracula. He died on 20 April 1912 due to locomotor ataxia and was cremated in north London. Since his death, his magnum opus Dracula has become one of the best-selling works of vampire literature, and a classic of the genre.

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Irish author, best known for his 1897 Gothic novel, "Dracula".

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