Charles Robert Maturin, also known as C. R. Maturin, was an Irish Protestant clergyman and a writer of Gothic plays and novels. His best known work is the novel Melmoth the Wanderer, published in 1820 which made a great impact on writers such as Balzac, Baudelaire and Poe.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1782 to 1824 · aged 42
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24 languages
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