He planned for years to produce his own journal The Penn (later renamed The Stylus), but before it could be produced, he died in Baltimore on October 7, 1849, aged 40, under mysterious circumstances. In January 1845, he published his poem ' The Raven' to instant success. In 1836, he married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, but she died of tuberculosis in 1847. His work forced him to move among several cities, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City.

Poe switched his focus to prose, and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming known for his own style of literary criticism. Poe later failed as an officer cadet at West Point, declared a firm wish to be a poet and writer, and parted ways with Allan. Poe and Allan reached a temporary rapprochement after the death of Allan's wife in 1829. In 1827, having enlisted in the United States Army under an assumed name, he published his first collection, Tamerlane and Other Poems, credited only to 'a Bostonian'. He quarreled with John Allan over the funds for his education, and his gambling debts. He attended the University of Virginia but left after a year due to lack of money. They never formally adopted him, but he was with them well into young adulthood.

His father abandoned the family in 1810, and when his mother died the following year, Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia. Poe was born in Boston, the second child of actors David and Elizabeth 'Eliza' Poe. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. He was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story, and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as a significant contributor to the emerging genre of science fiction. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States, and of American literature. Edgar Allan Poe ( né Edgar Poe Janu– October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.

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