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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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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Age | 44 (age at death)
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Place of death | Vailima, Samoan Islands
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Cause of death | Cerebral hemorrhage
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Resting place | Stevenson Family Estate Grounds, Vailima, Tuamasaga, Samoa
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Robert Louis Stevenson is known for his role in the film Doctor Jekyll (2023) as novel.
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