A Brief History “The Vampyre” is a short work of prose fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori (1795–1821). The work is often viewed as the progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. The work is described by British educationalist Christopher Frayling (born 1946) as “the first story successfully to fuse the disparate elements of vampirism into a coherent literary genre.” This work was published before January 1, 1923 and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Digging Deeper: The Story Extract of a Letter from Geneva “I breathe…
Author: John Polidori
John Polidori
John William Polidori (7 September 1795 – 24 August 1821) was an English writer and physician. He is known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction. His most successful work was the short story, "The Vampyre" (1819), the first published modern vampire story. Although originally and erroneously accredited to Lord Byron, both Byron and Polidori affirmed that the story is Polidori's.
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