Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)
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Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a British novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses.

A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Marcel Proust, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Cesare Pavese, Emilio Salgari, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, 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"

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Robert Louis Stevenson was born on Wednesday, 13 November 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His full name at birth was Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson. He was best known as a novelist. Stevenson's country of citizenship (nationality) was Scottish. He died on Monday, 3 December 1894 in Vailima, Samoan Islands at the age of 44. He is buried at Stevenson Family Estate Grounds, Vailima, Tuamasaga, Samoa. He was 5' 11" (180 cm) tall. His zodiac star sign was Scorpio.

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Full name at birth
Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson
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Claim to fame
Treasure Island; A Child's Garden of Verses; Kidnapped; Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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Date of birth
13 November 1850
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Place of birth
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Date of death
3 December 1894
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44 (age at death)
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Vailima, Samoan Islands
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Cause of death
Cerebral hemorrhage
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Stevenson Family Estate Grounds, Vailima, Tuamasaga, Samoa
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Novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer
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Robert Louis Stevenson is known for his role in the film Doctor Jekyll (2023) as novel.

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