One of the greatest and most mysterious authors in history is Edgar Allan Poe. He was born in Boston in 1809. A great deal of information is known about him but yet very few are verifiable. Poe has a reputation of giving false information to the media. The place and date of which he is born is controversial. Poe has been known to say that he was born in Baltimore in 1811 and 1813. He has led a …
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…is, by no doubt, what made Poe famous. Poe's life alone is a mystery that is unsolved even today. Concrete facts about his life are unknown. Poe's mysterious life adds to the "chill" of his works and makes everything all the more mysterious. Some people say that Poe had psychological mental problems, but others have praised him as a genius of human fear and confusion. Poe died on October 7, 1849 as mysterious as how he lived.