Jean Charles Emmanuel Nodier (April 29, 1780 – January 27, 1844) was an influential 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.

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Jean Charles Emmanuel Nodler was writing vampire novels in 1802