The Raven, the best-known poem by Edgar Allan Poe, was published in 1845 and collected in The Raven and Other Poems the same year. • Edgar Allan Poe is an American Short Story writer and literary critic. • He is The Father of English Short Story and Modern Detective Story. • His famous short stories: - The Tell Tale Heart, - The fall of the house of usher, - The Black Cat, - The Oval Portrait, -The Gold Bug, - The Light House. Source: Website Lecture and Encyclopedia of Britannica.