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Edgar Allan Poe was born  January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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At a young age, Poe's parents separated.His mother took them into custody and died on December 8, 1811 from  tuberculosis and days later from her death his father passed. He was then put into a foster system where he was adopted by John and Rosalie Allan, which gives an explanation as to how he got the name "Allan". Rosalie passed away, which left him in the care of John Allan, and he always turned him away. Based off of his tragic childhood, it influenced his writing to mysteries, or often dark horror poems.

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In 1831, Poe had tried to start his writing career by going to New York City and publishing his poetry. He also submitted his stories to magazines but they got rejected. He finally got his first job as an editor of a newspaper because his story, "The Manuscript found In A Bottle" won a contest.

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October 9, 1833,  Poe won a contest with a short story "Manuscripts Found In a Bottle" and it was published in Baltimore Saturday Vistor.

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Poe got married on September 22, 1835. He was married to 13 year old, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe. This was when he was 27 years old.

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Poe's most well-known works are "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Raven." "The Fall of the House of Usher," was published on September 1839 and "The Tell-Tale Heart," was published on January 1843. Lastly, "The Raven" was published January 29, 1845.

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In Poe's poem "The Raven," he writes about a lost Lenore. Lenore is clearly not around in the poem, and the main character in the poem is grieving. Around this time Poe's wife died and he was experiencing a time of grief. This was likely him writing down how he felt over his loss, which inspired the theme for "The Raven."

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In 1830, Poe attended the famous military school known as West Point. In 1831, he was expelled from the school due to the lack of performance that he was showing

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Link For Video About Edgar Allan Poe's Life

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Link For Video About Edgar Allan Poe's Life

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Edgar Allan Poe - Writer | Mini Bio | BIO

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"Murderes in the Rouge Morgue" was Poe's first condisered detective story written that inspired many other detective stories.

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Today we read intriguing novels of mystery, horror, romance, and many more, all influenced by many different authors. However, Poe had a great impact on detective and horror stories, he shaped the genre that we know today. For example, Sherlock Holmes is a famously written novel of a detective solving crimes, inspired by Poe's "Dupin and Gaboriau's Lecoq", and the stories live on.

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Gothic Literature includes death, decay, haunted places, family curses, madness, and more. Gothic Literature is a style of writing with elements of fear, horror, death, and anything with dark feelings.

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Ever since 1949, a man called the "Poe Toaster" goes and visits Poe's grave for his birthday anniversary. Every year the mysterious man leaves a half-full bottle of cognac and three roses. Nobody knows who the man is, but he just became the "Poe Toaster."

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Poe died October 7, 1849. It is known as a mysterious death because there are many different theories on how he died such as beating, epilepsy, dipsomania, toxic disorder, Heart, Hypoglycemia, Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Porphyria, Delirium Tremens, Rabies, Murder, and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. He was buried October 9, 1849, in Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, Baltimore, Maryland.