EDGAR ALLAN POE SHORT BIOGRAPHY

1. Edgar Allan Poe
JANUARY 19, 1809 – OCTOBER 07, 1849
THE LIFE
OF
BY: KEN JUNE A. ELOPRE

2. • Edgar Allan Poe is an American writer, poet,
editor, and literary critic who is best known for
his poetry and short stories
• He was born in Boston, the second child of
actors David and Elizabeth "Eliza" Poe
• His father abandoned the family in 1810, and
his mother died in 1811.
• Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan of
Richmond, Virginia. They never formally
adopted him, but he was with them well into
young adulthood

3. • Poe may have become engaged to Sarah
Elmira Royster before he registered at the
University of Virginia in February 1826 to study
ancient and modern languages
• Poe gave up on the university after a year but
did not feel welcome returning to Richmond,
especially when he learned that his
sweetheart Royster had married another man,
Alexander Shelton. He traveled to Boston in
April 1827, sustaining himself with odd jobs as
a clerk and newspaper writer,[21] and he
started using the pseudonym Henri Le Rennet
during this period.[22]

4. • Poe was unable to support himself, so he
enlisted in the United States Army as a private
on May 27, 1827, using the name "Edgar A.
Perry". He claimed that he was 22 years old
even though he was 18. He first served at Fort
Independence in Boston Harbor for five dollars
a month. That same year, he released his first
book, a 40-page collection of poetry titled
Tamerlane and Other Poems, attributed with
the byline "by a Bostonian".
Military service mark of the United States Army

5. Poe’s published works

6. Tamerlane and Other Poems is the first
published work by American writer Edgar Allan
Poe. The short collection of poems was first
published in 1827. Today, it is believed only 12
copies of the collection still exist.
TAMERLANE AND OTHER POEMS

7. "The Raven" is a narrative poem by
American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published
in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its
musicality, stylized language, and supernatural
atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's
mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the
man's slow descent into madness. The lover,
often identified as a student,[1][2] is lamenting
the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of
Pallas, the raven seems to further distress the
protagonist with its constant repetition of the
word "Nevermore". The poem makes use of folk,
mythological, religious, and classical references.
THE RAVEN

8. The Stylus
The Stylus, originally intended to be
named The Penn, was a would-be periodical
owned and edited by Edgar Allan Poe. It had long
been a dream of Poe to establish an American
journal with very high standards in order to
elevate the literature of the time. Despite
attempts at signing up subscribers and finding
financial backers and contributors, the journal
never came to be

9. SOME OF POE’S LITERARY POEM
COLLECTION
• Al Aaraaf
• Tamerlane
• Minor Poems
• The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
• The Fall of the house of the Usher
• The Tell-Tale Heart
• Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
• Ligeia
• William Wilson
• The Murders in the Rue Morgue
• The Black Cat

10. • Poe died in Baltimore on October 7, 1849, at
age 40, under mysterious circumstances. The
cause of his death remains unknown, and has
been variously attributed to many causes
including disease, alcoholism, substance
abuse, and suicide.

11. FOR PICTURES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
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