Edgar Allan Poe

He was born on He is a famous short-

January 19th, 1809 story writer and poet,
in Boston, considered often as one
Massachusetts. of the most influential
American writers of the
19th century.
Poe is also considered as the
inventor of modern detective With his poem ‘The
genres with the short story Raven’ he achieved
‘The murders in the Rue instant national fame
Morgue’. and it is also
recognized as his
best piece of work.

He also worked as a
critical reviewer.

Poe was one of the Marks of his sensitivity

first writers and could be found in his
poets to do the touching lyrics of ‘Annabel
writing for a living. Lee’, ‘To Helen’, ‘Eulalie’
and ‘To One in Paradise’.
Poe completely transformed the genre of horror
story and is often called ‘The Master of Macabre’.
(Macabre = used to describe something that is
very strange and unpleasant because it
is connected with death or violence; Cambridge
Dictionary)

The cause of death is yet

unknown, although there are
He died on October
some presumptions connected
7th, 1849. He was
with alcohol and heart failure.
only 40 years old.

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