Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre. Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt in the previous year), tuberculosis, heart disease, brain congestion and other agents.
This daguerreotype of Poe was taken in 1848 when he was 39, a year before his death.
Born:
January 19, 1809Boston, Massachusetts USA
Died:
October 07, 1849 (aged 40)Baltimore, Maryland USA
Occupation:
Poet, short story writer, literary critic
Genres:
Horror fiction, Crime fiction, Detective fiction
Literary movement:
Romanticism
Spouse:
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe
Parents:
David Poe, Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Poe (birth parents), John Allan and Frances Allen (foster parents)
Influences:
Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, Ann Radcliffe, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Influenced:
Charles Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Clark Ashton Smith, Jules Verne, H. P. Lovecraft, Jorge Luis Borges, Ray Bradbury, Lemony Snicket
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