Authors & Poets

Anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was a 19th-century American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic known for his dark, macabre tales of mystery and horror, such as "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart". A central figure of American Romanticism and Gothic fiction, he is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and a significant contributor to the emergence of science fiction. Poe's writing emphasized style, structure, and a singular impression, influencing the "art for art's sake" movement and the French Symbolists. Despite a financially difficult life and an obscure death,

Anniversary of J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien J.R.R. Tolkien was an English academic and author, best known for his fantasy novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, which chronicle the history and peoples of his created world, Middle-earth. A professor of English language, Tolkien was a philologist with expertise in Old and Middle English, which profoundly influenced his mythological legendarium. His writing, which also includes the Silmarillion and other works, was deeply rooted in his Catholic faith, a love for ancient myths, and the profound experiences of World War I.