Premise: Edgar Allan Poe ( [ poʊ ] born Edgar Poe ; January 19 , 1809 -- October 7 , 1849 ) was an American writer , editor , and literary critic . 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 . They never formally adopted him , but Poe was with them well into young adulthood . It was at this time that his publishing career began , albeit humbly , with the anonymous collection of poems Tamerlane and Other Poems ( 1827 ) , credited only to `` a Bostonian '' . Poe switched his focus to prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals , becoming known for his own style of literary criticism .
Hypothesis: Edgar Allan Poe was born.
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