Question

BIOGRAPHY (Biografia):

Edgar Alan Poe was born   in  1809, in Boston, Massachusetts in the  United States.  He was the

second of three children.  David and Elizabeth, his parents,  were actors.  His father abandoned

the family in 1810, and his mother died the following year.  He was an orphan at the age of three. 

He attended the university of Virginia. In 1827, he enlisted in the United States Army. Following

his Army service, Poe was admitted to the United States Military Academy of West Point, but he

was again forced to leave for lack of financial support.

ATIVIDADES

From 1831 to 1835, Edgar Allan Poe lived in Baltimore, where his father was born, with his aunt

Maria Clemm and her daughter, his cousin Virginia. He began to devote his attention to his

cousin and in 1836, they got married. She was only 13 years old In 1847, at the age of 24 ——

Virginia passed away from tuberculosis. Poe was overcome by grief following her death. He

continued to work, suffering from poor health and struggling with financial problems. He was an

American writer, poet, critic and editor best known for evocative short stories and Virginia, who

became his literary inspiration as poems that captured the imagination and interest of readers

around the world. He died min 1849. Poe’s work as an editor, a poet, and a critic had a profound

impact on American and international literature. His stories mark him as one of the originators

of both horror and detective fiction. Many anthologies credit him as the “architect” of the

modern short story.

Perguntas para serem respondidas de acordo com o texto acima.

a) Quando nasceu Edgar Allan Poe?____________________________________________________

b)  Onde nasceu ele? ________________________________________________________________

c) Quantos anos ele viveu?___________________________________________________________

d) Edgar casou-se com sua prima que conheceu quando morou com sua tia Maria Clemm. Como ela

se chamava? ______________________________ E que idade tinha quando eles se casaram? _______

e) Em que ano Morreu Edgar Allan Poe?

___________________________________________________________________________________

f) De que morreu sua prima ainda jovem?

___________________________________________________________________________________

g) Além de escritor, poeta e crítico, o que mais foi Allan Poe ?


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Answer 1

a) em 1809

b) em Boston, Massachusetts nos Estados Unidos

c) 40 anos

d) Virginia/13

e) 1849

f) tuberculose

g) o editor mais conhecido por contos evocativos

Answer 2

a) Quando nasceu Edgar Allan Poe?

No ano de 1809

b)  Onde nasceu ele?

Ele nasceu em Boston, Massachusetts in the United States

c) Quantos anos ele viveu?

Ele morreu ao seus 40 anos

d) Edgar casou-se com sua prima que conheceu quando morou com sua tia Maria Clemm. Como ela  se chamava?

Ela se chamava Virginia

E que idade tinha quando eles se casaram?

Ela tinha 13 anos

e) Em que ano Morreu Edgar Allan Poe?

Ele em 1849

f) De que morreu sua prima ainda jovem?

Ela morreu com uma doença chamada Turbeculose

g) Além de escritor, poeta e crítico, o que mais foi Allan Poe ?

Ele era editor de contos evocativos