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Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809[1], in Boston[2]. He died on October 7, 1849[3], in Baltimore[4]. He worked as a poet[5], writer[6], essayist[7], literary critic[8], and playwright[9]. He ranks in the top 0.17% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (163,348 views/month, #1,686 of 1,000,298).[10]
Key Facts
Place of burial: Westminster Hall and Burying Ground[11]
Educated at: University of Virginia[28], United States Military Academy[29]
Notable work: The Black Cat[30], The Pit and the Pendulum[31], The Murders in the Rue Morgue[32], The Oval Portrait[33], The Tell-Tale Heart[34], The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket[35], The Raven[36], The Purloined Letter[37], The Gold-Bug[38], The Fall of the House of Usher[39], William Wilson[40]
Edgar Allan Poe has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] He is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
He has been cited as an influence by Stephen King[61], a television producer[62], b. 1947[63], of United States[64], awarded the National Book Award[65]; Fyodor Dostoyevsky[66], a translator[67], 1821–1881[68], of Russia[69]; Friedrich Nietzsche[70], a philosopher[71], 1844–1900[72], of Kingdom of Prussia[73], specialised in classical philology[74]; H. P. Lovecraft[75], a novelist[76], 1890–1937[77], of United States[78], awarded the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame[79], specialised in horror fiction[80]; Lolita[81], a literary work[82], founded in 1950[83], written by Vladimir Nabokov[84]; and Clive Barker[85], a film director[86], b. 1952[87], of United Kingdom[88], awarded the Lambda Literary Award[89].
Works attributed to him include The Fall of the House of Usher[90], The Raven[91], The Cask of Amontillado[92], The Tell-Tale Heart[93], The Masque of the Red Death[94], and The Murders in the Rue Morgue[95].
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