Edgar Allan Poe
1809 - 1849
General Information
Bio
(1809-1849) Poet, writer, novelist. Edgar Allan Poe moved to New York in 1844; living at 6th Avenue and Waverly Place, 113 ½ Carmine Street, 130 Greenwich Street, 18 Amity Street (now West 3rd Street), 85 Amity Street, and 195 Broadway. He became editor and part owner of Broadway Journal, publishing Walt Whitman, etc. In 1846, he moved into a cottage in Fordham, Bronx, New York, and lived at East Kingsbridge Road and Grand Concourse. The following year, his wife died of tuberculosis. While in residence here, Poe composed his poems “The Bells,” “Annabel Lee,” and “Eldorado.” In 2009 the United States Postal Service issued its 26th stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Edgar Allan Poe.
Full Name
Edgar Allan Poe
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
Unknown
RESIDENCE
1809
BIRTH
1827
LITWORK
Collection of poetry.
1830
OTHER
1831
LITWORK
Collection of poetry.
1838
LITWORK
Harper & Brothers.
Novel.
1840
LITWORK
Lea & Blanchard.
Collection of short stories.
1841
LITWORK
Short story.
1844
RESIDENCE
1845
LITWORK
New York: Wiley and Putnam.
Collection of poetry.
1845
LITWORK
Collection of short stories.
1846
RESIDENCE
1848
LITWORK
Prose poem.
1849
LITWORK
Poem.
1849
DEATH
1849
LITWORK
Poem.
1849
LITWORK
Poem.
1849
INTERMENT
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