Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe
Born	Edgar Poe 19 Januar 1809(1809-01-19) Boston, Massachusetts, Unitit States
Dee'd	7 October 1849(1849-10-07) (aged 40) Baltimore, Maryland, Unitit States
Naitionality	American
Spoose	Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe
Signatur

Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; 19 Januar 1809 – 7 October 1849) wis a American scriever, poet, editor, an leeterar creetic, considered pairt o the American Romantic Muivement. Best kent for his tales o meestery an the macabre, Poe wis ane o the first American practitioners o the short story, an is for ordinar regairdit as the inventor o the detective feection genre. Forby, he is creditit wi contributin tae the emergin genre o science feection. He wis the first weel-kent American scriever that ettled tae mak his leevin bi scrievin alane, whilk gied him mony a sair fash wi siller an wark.

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• Stableford, Brian (2003). "Science fiction before the genre". In James, Edward; Mendlesohn, Farah (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 15–31. ISBN 978-0-521-01657-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Meyers, Jeffrey (1992). Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy (Paperback ed.). New York: Cooper Square Press. ISBN 978-0-8154-1038-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)