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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

Writing1850Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Biography

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 30 most translated authors in the world, just below Charles Dickens. He has been greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Marcel Schwob, Vladimir Nabokov, J. M. Barrie, and G. K. Chesterton, who said of him that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins."

Acting History

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1963
The Nutty Professor
Original Story
1961
1945
1938
1922
1919
Eerie Tales
Short Story

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Personal Info

Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/13/1850
Day of Death
12/3/1894
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK