Poe an haife shi ne a Boston, na biyu yaro na 'yan wasan kwaikwayo Allan Poe da kuma David "Elizabeth" Poe Arnold Hopkins. Poe ya fi sani da waƙoƙinsa da gajerun labaru, musamman labaransa na asiri da kuma mummunan. An san shi a matsayin babban mutum na Romanticism a Amurka da kuma wallafe-wallafen Amurka gabaɗaya, kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin farkon masu amfani da gajeren labari a ƙasar. Ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin mai ƙirƙira nau'in tatsuniyar bincike kuma ana ƙara yaba masa da ba da gudummawa ga nau'in almara na kimiyya. Shi ne marubucin Amurka na farko da ya halarci rubuce-rubuce shi kaɗai, wanda ya haifar da rayuwa mai wahala da wahala. Poe an haife shi ne a Boston, ɗan na biyu na 'yan wasan kwaikwayo Allan Poe da David "Elizabeth" Poe.
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