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| Born in ], ], Edgar Allan Poe was a ] ], ] and ] writer. He also worked as a literary critic and editor but was more successful as an author. | Born in ], ], Edgar Allan Poe was a ] ], ] and ] writer. He also worked as a literary critic and editor but was more successful as an author. | ||
| Poe's curious and often nightmarish work greatly influenced the ] and ] genres. He is also credited with having been the principal initiator of the genre of ] with his three stories about ], the most famous of which is ]. |
Poe's curious and often nightmarish work greatly influenced the ] and ] genres. He is also credited with having been the principal initiator of the genre of ] with his three stories about ], the most famous of which is ]. | ||
| Poe was the author of ], widely considered to be the most famous American poem. | |||
| Poe's life was fraught with sorrow and he died in a pitiful state. | Poe's life was fraught with sorrow and he died in a pitiful state. | ||
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Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849)
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Edgar Allan Poe was a 19th century poet, novelist and short story writer. He also worked as a literary critic and editor but was more successful as an author.
Poe's curious and often nightmarish work greatly influenced the horror and fantasy genres. He is also credited with having been the principal initiator of the genre of detective fiction with his three stories about Auguste Dupin, the most famous of which is The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
Poe was the author of The Raven, widely considered to be the most famous American poem.
Poe's life was fraught with sorrow and he died in a pitiful state.
- Novels
- Well-known stories
- Auguste Dupin:
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue
- The Balloon-Hoax
- The Purloined Letter
- The Mystery of Marie Roget
- Others:
- The Devil in the Belfry
- The Fall of the House of Usher
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- The Black Cat
- The Tell-Tale Heart
- The Masque of the Red Death
- A Descent into the Maelstrom
- The Gold Bug
- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdimar
- The Cask of Amontillado
- Well-known poems
Several of his works were made into movies, starring Vincent Price.