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Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, United States, on January 19, 1809, and died on October 7, 1849, in Baltimore, United States. He was an American writer, critic, journalist, and poet. He is recognized as one of the fathers of the modern tale, as well as the creator of the detective genre. In addition, he was a great writer of both science fiction and horror works.
Edgar's father died a year after he was born, and his mother, Elizabeth, would die a year later, in 1811, from tuberculosis. Since his older brother was already being cared for by his grandparents, Edgar and his sister Rosalie were adopted by two neighboring families in Richmond: one by the Allan and the other by the Mackencie. John Allan, Edgar's stepfather who would give him his surname, was a Scottish merchant. This one was moody, and it is said that, in addition to not supporting Poe's literary destiny, he never legally adopted him. On the contrary, his wife, Frances, put all her faith in Edgar Allan Poe and always filled him with affection