Dracula

Bram Stoker:

Mysterious and tormented: that's what we know about Bram Stoker, the creator of Dracula. And, indeed, that is how he must have been to imagine such a bloodthirsty creature. 104 years later, the author is perhaps not so well rembembered but Dracula is certainly still as famous as ever. It's a cae of character that has "eliminated" its author!

1847: Bram Stoker is born in Clontarf (Dublin).

1867: He goes to uniuversity

1876: He meets the actor Henry Irving in the Royal Theatre in Dublin

1878: He marries Florence Balcomb, whom he meets at the home of the parents of the famous writer Oscar Wilde. He starts working as a stage manager in the Lyceum Theater in London.

1882: Publicitation of this first book of stories.

1883: Lyceum Theatre American tour. He meets the American poet, Walt Whitman.

1890: He meets professor Arminius Vambery, and joins a secret society. Publication of his first novel, The Snake Pass.

1894: Publication of stories.

1895: Publication of the novel The Shoulder of Shasta

1897: Pulbication of Dracula. First and only representation of the theatrical adaptation of Dracula.

1905: Henry Irving dies

1911: Publication of the novel The Lair of the White Worm.

1912: He dies on the 21st of April.

1915: Publication of short posthumous novels, amongst wich we can find Dracula's Guest.