Charles Nodier
Jean Charles Emmanuel Nodier was a French author and librarian who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the conte fantastique, gothic literature, and vampire tales. His dream related writings influenced the later works of Gérard de Nerval.
29 April 1780
Born on the same birth day (29 April): Bill Drummond • David Cox (artist) • Edward Blishen • George Allen (American football coach) • Georges Ernest Boulanger • Gérard Oury • Harold Shapero • Harry Payne Whitney • James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde • Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović • Maya Deren • Parren Mitchell • Toots Thielemans
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