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== Gravesite ==

== Gravesite ==

Poe is buried in Baltimore. For six decades, on Poe's birthday, a mysterious figure has appeared at Poe's grave, leaving flowers and a bottle of cognac. It it believed that in 1998, the original "donor" had passed on, and the tradition was taken over by his son. Many in Baltimore are aghast at the thought of the identity of the man ever being revealed. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,182243,00.html</ref> The visitor failed to appear in either 2010 or 2011.  

Poe is buried in Baltimore. For six decades, on Poe's birthday, a mysterious figure has appeared at Poe's grave, leaving flowers and a bottle of cognac. It it believed that in 1998, the original "donor" had passed on, and the tradition was taken over by his son. Many in Baltimore are aghast at the thought of the identity of the man ever being revealed.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,182243,00.html</ref> The visitor failed to appear in either 2010 or 2011.  

== Literary Impact ==

== Literary Impact ==

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But because of his use of imagination and his diving into the grotesque, the absurd, and darkness of dreams, he is linked with the creation of the surrealism movement and, from his staunch ideas on writing, inspired whole new genres to acquire the fame and fortune that eluded him. The famous pseudo-science fiction writer [[Jules Verne]] lists Poe as his main inspiration, as have other foreign writers, including [[Jorge Luis Borges]], [[Franz Kafka]], and the contemporary author [[Carlos Fuentes]]. As American author Joyce Carol Oates put it, "Who has not been influenced by Poe?"<ref> [http://news.research.ohiou.edu/perspectives/archives/9902/poe_main.htm A Writer of Influence]</ref>

But because of his use of imagination and his diving into the grotesque, the absurd, and darkness of dreams, he is linked with the creation of the surrealism movement and, from his staunch ideas on writing, inspired whole new genres to acquire the fame and fortune that eluded him. The famous pseudo-science fiction writer [[Jules Verne]] lists Poe as his main inspiration, as have other foreign writers, including [[Jorge Luis Borges]], [[Franz Kafka]], and the contemporary author [[Carlos Fuentes]]. As American author Joyce Carol Oates put it, "Who has not been influenced by Poe?"<ref>[http://news.research.ohiou.edu/perspectives/archives/9902/poe_main.htm A Writer of Influence]</ref>

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*[[Famous American writers]]

*[[Famous American writers]]

==External Links==

==External links==

*[http://www.eapoe.org/index.htm The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore]

*[http://www.eapoe.org/index.htm The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore]

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