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Who is Edgar Edgar
Allan Poe
Allan
Edgar Poe
Allan Poe was an American
writer, editor, and literary critic.
Poe is best known for his poetry
and short stories. Poe was born in
Boston on January 19, 1809 . Poe
fascinated generations of readers
with his haunting poetry and tales Virginia
of horror. His father abandoned Clemm
the family in 1810, and his mother
died a year later .He was orphaned
at the age of 2 .Poe was then
taken into the home of John Allan,
Poetries that he
Poecreated
has created many
poems such as
‘’Annabel Lee’’, “The
Black Cat”, and etc.
“The Raven” numbers
among the best-known
poems in the national
literature. The Black
Cat" is a short story. It
Publishing his
career
After his brother's death,
Poe began more earnest
attempts to start his career
as a writer, but he chose a
difficult time in American
publishing to do so. He
was one of the first
Americans to live by
Poe’s
The death of Edgar Allan Poe
death
on October 7, 1849, has
remained mysterious. On
October 3, the American
author was found delirious in
Baltimore, Maryland, "in great
distress, and ... in need of
immediate assistance",
according to the man who
found him, Joseph W. Walker.
He was taken to the
Washington College Hospital,
where he died at 5 a.m. on

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