Frankenstein Day | |
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Also called | National Frankenstein Day |
Type | National |
Date | August 30 |
Next time | 30 August 2025 (2025-08-30) |
Frequency | annually |
Frankenstein Day is an annualholiday celebrated on August 30,Mary Shelley's birthday, in celebration of her 1818 novelFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on August 30, 1797. She wrote the novelFrankenstein in 1816, and published it in 1818. The holiday Frankenstein Day was created to honor Mary Shelley and Frankenstein, every year on the anniversary of her birthday. Frankenstein Day has also been known as National Frankenstein Day.[1][2][3][4][5][6]