Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula.
During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned. ==Early life== Stoker was born on 8 November 1847 at 15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland.
William Woods. After his recovery, he grew up without further serious illnesses, even excelling as an athlete (he was named University Athlete, participating in multiple sports) at Trinity College, Dublin, which he attended from 1864 to 1870.
William Woods. After his recovery, he grew up without further serious illnesses, even excelling as an athlete (he was named University Athlete, participating in multiple sports) at Trinity College, Dublin, which he attended from 1864 to 1870.
He graduated with a BA in 1870, and pursued his MA in 1875.
Stoker also wrote stories, and "Crystal Cup" was published by the London Society in 1872, followed by "The Chain of Destiny" in four parts in The Shamrock.
He graduated with a BA in 1870, and pursued his MA in 1875.
In December 1876, he gave a favourable review of Henry Irving's Hamlet at the Theatre Royal in Dublin.
In 1876, while a civil servant in Dublin, Stoker wrote the non-fiction book The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland (published 1879) which remained a standard work.
Furthermore, he possessed an interest in art, and was a founder of the Dublin Sketching Club in 1879. ==Lyceum Theatre== In 1878, Stoker married Florence Balcombe, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel James Balcombe of 1 Marino Crescent.
In 1876, while a civil servant in Dublin, Stoker wrote the non-fiction book The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland (published 1879) which remained a standard work.
Furthermore, he possessed an interest in art, and was a founder of the Dublin Sketching Club in 1879. ==Lyceum Theatre== In 1878, Stoker married Florence Balcombe, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel James Balcombe of 1 Marino Crescent.
On 31 December 1879, Bram and Florence's only child was born, a son whom they christened Irving Noel Thornley Stoker.
A distinctive room in Slains Castle, the octagonal hall, matches the description of the octagonal room in Castle Dracula. ==Writings== Stoker visited the English coastal town of Whitby in 1890, and that visit was said to be part of the inspiration for Dracula.
He began writing novels while working as manager for Irving and secretary and director of London's Lyceum Theatre, beginning with The Snake's Pass in 1890 and Dracula in 1897.
He also met one of his literary idols, Walt Whitman. == Bram Stoker in Cruden Bay == Stoker was a regular visitor to Cruden Bay in Scotland between 1893 and 1910.
The guest book with his signatures from 1894 and 1895 still survives.
He started writing Dracula here in 1895 while in residence at the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel.
The guest book with his signatures from 1894 and 1895 still survives.
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula.
He began writing novels while working as manager for Irving and secretary and director of London's Lyceum Theatre, beginning with The Snake's Pass in 1890 and Dracula in 1897.
He published his Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving in 1906, after Irving's death, which proved successful, and managed productions at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Before writing Dracula, Stoker met Ármin Vámbéry, a Hungarian-Jewish writer and traveller (born in Szent-György, Kingdom of Hungary now Svätý Jur, Slovakia).
LXIII, January/June 1908. "Mr.
XVI, May/October 1908. "The Censorship of Fiction" The Nineteenth Century and After, Vol.
LXIV, July/December 1908. "The Censorship of Stage Plays" The Nineteenth Century and After, Vol.
LXVI, July/December 1909. "Irving and Stage Lightning" The Nineteenth Century and After, Vol.
He also met one of his literary idols, Walt Whitman. == Bram Stoker in Cruden Bay == Stoker was a regular visitor to Cruden Bay in Scotland between 1893 and 1910.
LXIX, January/June 1911. ===Critical works on Stoker=== William Hughes, Beyond Dracula: Bram Stoker's Fiction and Its Cultural Context (Palgrave, 2000) Belford, Barbara.
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula.
In 1912, he demanded imprisonment of all homosexual authors in Britain: it has been suggested that this was due to self-loathing and to disguise his own vulnerability.
26 St George's Square, London on 20 April 1912.
The Grand Lodge of Ireland also has no record of his membership. ==Posthumous== The short story collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories was published in 1914 by Stoker's widow, Florence Stoker, who was also his literary executrix.
Murnau's Nosferatu, released in 1922, with Max Schreck starring as Count Orlok.
The suit was finally resolved in the widow's favour in July 1925.
The ashes of Irving Noel Stoker, the author's son, were added to his father's urn following his death in 1961.
Stoker then spent several years researching Central and East European folklore and mythological stories of vampires. The 1972 book In Search of Dracula by Radu Florescu and Raymond McNally claimed that the Count in Stoker's novel was based on Vlad III Dracula.
According to historian Jules Zanger, this leads the reader to the assumption that "they can't all be lying". The original 541-page typescript of Dracula was believed to have been lost until it was found in a barn in northwestern Pennsylvania in the early 1980s.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996. Hopkins, Lisa.
A facsimile edition of the notes was created by Elizabeth Miller and Robert Eighteen-Bisang in 1998. == Stoker at The London Library == Stoker was a member of The London Library and it is here that he conducted much of the research for Dracula.
Dracula: Between Tradition and Modernism (Twayne, 1998). Senf, Carol A.
LXIX, January/June 1911. ===Critical works on Stoker=== William Hughes, Beyond Dracula: Bram Stoker's Fiction and Its Cultural Context (Palgrave, 2000) Belford, Barbara.
Science and Social Science in Bram Stoker's Fiction (Greenwood, 2002). Senf, Carol.
From the Shadow of Dracula: A Life of Bram Stoker (London: Jonathan Cape, 2004) Senf, Carol.
Basingstoke, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Murray, Paul.
In 2009, Dracula: The Un-Dead was released, written by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt.
Bram Stoker (University of Wales Press, 2010). Shepherd, Mike.
This also marked Dacre Stoker's writing debut. In spring 2012, Dacre Stoker (in collaboration with Elizabeth Miller) presented the "lost" Dublin Journal written by Bram Stoker, which had been kept by his great-grandson Noel Dobbs.
A remark about a boy who caught flies in a bottle might be a clue for the later development of the Renfield character in Dracula. ==Commemorations== On 8 November 2012, Stoker was honoured with a Google Doodle on Google's homepage commemorating the 165th anniversary of his birth. An annual festival takes place in Dublin, the birthplace of Bram Stoker, in honour of his literary achievements.
The 2014 Bram Stoker Festival encompassed literary, film, family, street, and outdoor events, and ran from 24–27 October in Dublin.
In 2018, the Library discovered some of the books that Stoker used for his research, complete with notes and marginalia. ==Death== After suffering a number of strokes, Stoker died at No.
When Brave Men Shudder: the Scottish origins of Dracula (Wild Wolf Publishing, 2018). Skal, David J.
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