david alfaro

was unescritor , poet , critic and journalist romántico1 , generally recognized as one of the universal masters of the short story , que was one of the first practitioners in the country . I was a reformer of the Gothic novel , Especially remembered for his tales of terror. Considered the inventor of the detective story , several works Also Contributed to the emerging genre of science fiction. On the other hand , was the first American writer renowned tried to make writing his modus vivendi , que was unfortunate for him consecuencias.Por economic Reasons , Suddenly turned his Efforts to prose , writing stories and literary criticism the newspapers for some time ; came to acquire some notoriety for his caustic and elegant style . Because of his work , lived in several cities : Baltimore , Philadelphia and New York. In Baltimore in 1835 , I married his cousin Virginia Clemm, who had one at that time thirteen years old . In January 1845 , I published a poem That would make him famous, "The Raven. " His wife died of tuberculosisdos years later . The great dream of the writer , editing his own newspaper ( Which was renamed The Stylus ) , never cumplió.Murió the October 7, 1849 , in the city of Baltimore, when yo I was only forty years old . The exact cause of his death was never clarified . Was Attributed to alcohol, brain congestion , cholera , drugs, heart failure , rabies , suicide , tuberculosis and other causes .