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Bram Stoker
Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)
Clontarf
1847-11-08 1847-03-08
Abraham
Stoker
writer journalist novelist theatre critic screenwriter clerk theatre manager
neurosyphilis stroke
natural causes
St George's Square
1912-04-20
Charles Maturin
Irish writer
Dublin
1782-09-25
Charles
Maturin
writer playwright novelist priest
Dublin
1824-10-30
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
Boston
1809-01-19
Edgar Allan
Poe
poet writer essayist literary critic novelist
No/unknown value
Baltimore
1849-10-07
Henry James
American and British writer (1843–1916)
New York City
1843-04-15
Henry
James
writer novelist screenwriter playwright poet lawyer literary critic editing staff short story writer
Lamb House
stroke
natural causes
Chelsea
1916-02-28
Horace Walpole
English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician (1717-1797)
London
1717-09-24
Horace
Walpole
writer novelist autobiographer politician art collector
Strawberry Hill House
London
1797-03-02
James Hogg
British poet and novelist (1770–1835)
Ettrick
1770-12-09
James
Hogg
poet writer novelist biographer songwriter
Ettrick
1835-11-21
José Ramón Larraz
Spanish comic book artist, film director and screenwriter (1929-2013)
Barcelona
1929-02-07
José Ramón
Larraz
screenwriter film director comics artist writer manufacturer
Málaga
2013-09-03
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
City of Westminster
1788-01-22
George Gordon
Byron
poet lyricist politician playwright autobiographer translator military personnel diarist writer librettist aristocrat philhellene
sepsis
Missolonghi
1824-04-19
Matthew Gregory Lewis
English novelist and dramatist (1775–1818)
London
1775-07-09
Matthew
Lewis
novelist playwright politician writer poet
slave owner
yellow fever
natural causes
Atlantic Ocean
1818-05-14
Nathaniel Hawthorne
American author (1804–1864)
Salem
1804-07-04
Nathaniel
Hawthorne
novelist writer diplomat children's writer science fiction writer
Plymouth
1864-05-19
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)
Dublin
1854-10-16 1854-06-16
Oscar Fingal Wills
Wilde
poet playwright short story writer journalist children's writer novelist writer author prose writer opinion journalist essayist fabulist
funeral
gross indecency
meningitis
natural causes
Paris
1900-11-30
Patrick McGrath
British writer
London
1950-02-07
Patrick
McGrath
writer novelist screenwriter literary scholar
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)
Edinburgh
1850-11-13
Robert Robert Louis
Stevenson
poet essayist novelist short story writer children's writer writer songwriter
New Town Bournemouth Samoan Islands
cerebral hemorrhage
natural causes
Vailima
1894-12-03
Stephen King
American writer (born 1947)
Portland
1947-09-21
Stephen
King
television producer science fiction writer actor columnist screenwriter journalist director teacher novelist writer film director
car collision
Portland Bangor Fort Wayne Stratford
Wilkie Collins
British writer (1824-1889)
London
1824-01-08
William
Collins
writer journalist novelist playwright poet lawyer barrister
stroke
natural causes
London
1889-09-23