EDGAR ALLAN POE

BIRTH

• Born on January 19, 1809
• Boston, Massachusetts
• Second son of two actors

EARLY LIFE

• Seperated from his siblings
• Fostered by John and Frances Allan
• Grew up in Richmond, Virginia
• Struggled financially

CAREER

• Enlisted in the army in 1827
• Published a collection of poems
• Spent several years on literature
• The short story
• Detective fiction genre

PRIME

• Worked for "Southern Literary Messenger"
• Cut throat critic
• Two part novel
• Collection on short stories
• "The Raven"

DOWNFALL

• Wife passed away
• Struggled with health and finances
• Painful death

LEGEND

• One of Americas most endurung writers
• Horror and gothic stories related to his life
• Imaginative and outgoing
• Poems and stories still shock modern readers today