Edgar Allan Poe

Name: Edgar Allan Poe
Motto: “Nemo me impune lecessit” (No one insults me with impunity
Time (places): January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849
Masterpieces and other works:
Most people recognize Poeby his famous poem, "The Raven". Others may have read one of his more popular dark and creepy tales like, "The Fall of the House of Usher" or "The Tell-tale Heart". Poe wrote quite a few gothic storiesabout murder, revenge, torture, the plague, being buried alive, and insanity. Many modern books and movies have "borrowed" ideas from Poe.
• Politian (1835) – Poe's only play
• The Narrative ofArthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838) – Poe's only complete novel
• "The Balloon-Hoax" (1844) – A journalistic hoax printed as a true story
• "The Philosophy of Composition" (1846) – Essay
• Eureka:A Prose Poem (1848) – Essay
• "The Poetic Principle" (1848) – Essay
• "The Light-House" (1849) – Poe's last incomplete work
Contributions: Contributing greatly to the genres of horror and sciencefiction. Poe is now considered the father of the modern detective story and highly lauded as a poet.
Influences (who admires) to music, sports, literature, movies, TV, etc.: He is the influence ofmany writers in the entire world. For example, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, Stephen King, etc.
The influence of Edgar Allan Poe on the art of music has been considerable and long-standing, withthe works, life and image of the horror fiction writer and poet inspiring composers and musicians from diverse genres for more than a century.
Issue of his name: His name was Edgar Poe, but JohnAllan adopted him after his dad abandoned them and his mom died, so he changed his name to Edgar Allan Poe, but he never formally adopted him.
His wife: Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe. The couple was firstcousins and married when Virginia Clemm was 13 and Poe was 27. Some biographers have suggested that the couple's relationship was more like that between brother and sister than like husband and wife in...