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Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 ? October 7, 1849) was an American poet,
short-story writer, editor, and literary critic, and is considered part of
the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the
macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short
story and invented the detective-fiction genre. He is credited with
contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.Stableford, Brian.
"Science fiction before the genre." The Cambridge Companion to Science
Fiction, Eds. Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn. Cambridge: Cambridge
University of Press, 2003. pp. 18?19. He was the first well-known American
writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a
financially difficult life and career.Meyers, 138
He was born Edgar Poe in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe, whose parents died
when he was young, was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of Richmond,
Virgini
