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Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer and literary critic.
埃德加·爱伦·坡是一位美国作家、文学评论家。
He is known for his horror stories and poems.
他以恐怖故事和诗歌而闻名。
Poe was born in 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts.
坡于1809年出生在马萨诸塞州的波士顿。
He started writing poetry when he was a child, and he published his first collection of poems in 1827, at age 18.
他从小就开始写诗，1827年，18岁的坡出版了第一本诗集。
However, his early work was not very successful.
然而，他早期的著作并不是很成功。
In 1845, Poe published his famous poem “The Raven”, about a grieving man who meets a talking raven.
1845年，坡发表了他著名的诗歌《乌鸦》，讲述了一个悲伤的人遇到了一只会说话的乌鸦的故事。
This piece gained a lot of praise, and Poe became renowned for his storytelling.
这篇作品广为称赞，坡也因此闻名于世。
Still, he was never paid much money for his work.
不过，他从未因自己的作品而得到多少报酬。
He also struggled with alcoholism for many years.
而且,他常年酗酒。
Poe’s death in 1849 was almost as mysterious as his stories.
1849年，他去世了，他的死与他的故事一样神秘莫测。
Even today, there is dispute about what really happened to him.
至今，人们仍在讨论他死前到底遭遇了什么。
