Edgar Allan Poe Birthday

It is Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday today, January 19. The famous American writer, poet, editor and literary critic would be have been 202.

Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.