Google marks Bram Stoker’s 165th birthday

8 November 2012 · Google Doodles – creator’s account

Sophia Foster-Dimino

Bram Stoker Estate account

Estate summary

Sophia Foster-Dimino explains how she designed Google’s tribute for Bram’s 165th birthday. Reading Leslie S. Klinger’s annotated Dracula helped her place the novel’s characters and Victorian setting within its wider context. She wanted the picture to reflect the collective testimony through which Bram tells the story, including seven protagonists, four antagonists and one more ambiguous figure. Edward Gorey and Aubrey Beardsley influenced its Gothic visual style. Google’s preserved Doodle and the artist’s account provide a direct record of this public celebration of Bram and his novel.

This account now uses Google’s complete creator statement, dated 8 November 2012 and signed Sophia Foster-Dimino. The earlier Washington Post report remains an archival lead: only its opening is accessible in the current browser session. This is not a claim to have recovered Cavna’s full article.

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Google’s Bram Stoker 165th birthday Doodle, 8 November 2012.Sophia Foster-Dimino / Google. Rights reserved.