biography
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Stoker, Bram
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popular name of Abraham Stoker
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1847–1912)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Dublin, Ireland. Educated at Dublin, he studied law and science, and partnered Henry Irving in running the Lyceum Theatre from 1878. Among several books, he is chiefly remembered for the classic horror tale Dracula (1897), which has occasioned a whole series of film adaptations, notably Nosferatu (Murnau, 1921), Dracula (Hammer Films, 1958), and Bram Stoker's Dracula (Coppola, 1993). Other novels include The Mystery of the Sea (1902) and The Lady of the Shroud (1909). |
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