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I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.
Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe
Age: 40 †
Born: 1809
Born: January 19
Died: 1849
Died: October 7
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Crime Writer
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Journalist
Literary Critic
Literary Theorist
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Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Boston
Massachusetts
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Edgar Poe
E. A. Poe
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Ended
Losing
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Mind
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