edgar allan poe biography

B B i i o o g g r r a a p p h h y y o o f f E E d d g g a a r r A A l l l l a a n n P P o o e e Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, USA, on 19 January 1809. He was a writer, romantic poet and journalist. Universally known as one of the most important masters of the short story and his tales of mistery, he was also considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre . H h h d t n t d t o o For economic reasons, he work e was named Edgar Poe, but hen he was a child, his mother died ortly after his father abandoned e family. He was unofficially opted by Mr and Mrs Allans. He udied at the University of Virginia d he had to leave because of lack of oney. He enlisted in the army and this time his relationship with his optive parents broke up. His erary career began in 1827 with a ok of poems (Tamerlane and Other ems). w s t a s a m a a li b P ed on prose and he became known for his style of literary criticism. Because of his work he lived in several cities: Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. In 1835 he married his cousin Virginia Clemm, who was only 13. In 1845 he published a poem that would make him famous "The Raven" His wife died two years later. He started to plan the production of his own journal, but The writer's dream was never fulfilled, he died before he could do it. He died on 7 October 1849, in Baltimore, when he was 40 years. The cause of death is unknown. Edgar Allan and his works have influenced literature in the United States and around the world and has always been admired by popular culture.

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Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, USA, on 19 January 1809. He was a writer, romantic poet and journalist. Universally known as one of the most important masters of the short story and his tales of mistery, he was also considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre .

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For economic reasons, he work

e was named Edgar Poe, but hen he was a child, his mother died ortly after his father abandoned e family. He was unofficially opted by Mr and Mrs Allans. He

udied at the University of Virginia d he had to leave because of lack of

oney. He enlisted in the army and this time his relationship with his optive parents broke up. His erary career began in 1827 with a ok of poems (Tamerlane and Other ems).

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ed on prose and he became known for his style of literary criticism. Because of his work he lived in several cities: Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. In 1835 he married his cousin Virginia Clemm, who was only 13. In 1845 he published a poem that would make him famous "The Raven" His wife died two years later. He started to plan the production of his own journal, but The writer's dream was never fulfilled, he died before he could do it.

He died on 7 October 1849, in Baltimore, when he was 40 years. The cause of death is unknown. Edgar Allan and his works have influenced literature in the United States and around the world and has always been admired by popular culture.