Bram Stoker

By Mònica Andrés

Abraham " Bram" Stoker was a really good writer who was born in Clontarf,  November 8th 1847, and he died in London,  April 20th 1912.
He was an Irish writer of novels and short stories. In his moment he was known as the personal assistant of Henry Irving and the manager of the London's Theatre Lyceum but now he is really known because his most famous novel  "Dracula", based on the legendary figure of Vlad Tepesh.
He was the third of 7 sons of his family and he was a very unhealthy when he was a achild. The time he stayed at home his mother read for him  horror books.
In 1864 the Trinity College was interested in him and left his school in 1870. He was very good at Sports, Maths and Science. He was a Champion of Athletics and the Philosophical Society's president. 
While he was studying he worked  in the Dublin's Castel where was the headquarters of the Bristish Government, Also he worked as  theatre critic for the Dublin Evening Mail, and  as an art critic for some publications in England and Ireland. He passed his Law's exams and after he could work as an lawyer in England. 
In 1878 he was married with Florence Balcomer, an old girlfriend of his friend Oscar Wilde and  they had a son, Irving Noel.
When he died his wife was the person who made the administration of his litterary bequest.

Bram Stoker (1906)
His most famous novel was the book of Dracula and this was transmitted for years and years. It was inspired on the real character Vlad Draculea "Vlad the Demon's Son", called Vlad Tepesh "The Impaler" for his form of torture. 
He was informed for an erudit called Arminius Vámbéry and he was inspired in Irving (his old boss) and Franz Liszt for the aspect of Dracula. 
The book was praised for Oscar Wilde and he said " This book is the best horror's story of all the times and the most beautiful written".
Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of Sherlock Holmes, praised also the story.

The first edition of Dracula's book (1897)