Timeline
Lifetime:
1795 -
1821
Passed: ≈
203 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
John William Polidori
Books by John William Polidori
Vampyr
Romance
Horror
Fiction
Novel
Gothic
Romance
Supernatural
Horror
Vampirism
Lord Ruthven
Origins of Vampire
First Vampire Novel
Artificial life
Lord Byron
Mary Shelley
Vampyr, a seminal work of Gothic horror, is widely regarded as the progenitor of the vampire genre in literature. Penned by John William Polidori, Lord Byron's personal physician, the novella emerged from a literary challenge among Romantic luminarie...
Vampiro
El vampiro (The Vampyre) es un relato escrito por John William Polidori, el creador del género del vampiro romántico. Lo escribió en la ciudad de Ginebra, en unas tormentosas noches de verano del 16 al 19 de junio de 1816, cuando se encontraba en Vil...