A mysterious figure paid an annual tribute on Jan 19th during the period of 1949 to 2009 to which American author by visiting the author's original grave marker in Baltimore?
Poe Toaster Poe Toaster Poe Toaster is a media epithet popularly used to refer to an unidentified person (or more probably two persons in succession, possibly father and son) who, for over seven decades, paid an annual tribute to American author Edgar Allan Poe by visiting the cenotaph marking his original grave in Baltimore, Maryland, in the early hours of January 19, Poe's birthday. The shadowy figure, dressed in black with a wide-brimmed hat and white scarf, would pour himself a glass of cognac and raise a toast to Poe's memory, then vanish into the night, leaving three roses in a distinctive
Jan Ekström (author) Jan Ekström (author) "Jan" Olof Ekström (2 November 1923 in Falun, Sweden – 17 August 2013) was a Swedish author and adman. Jan Ekström has lived in Gislaved but graduated in Växjö. He studied national economy, Slavic languages, English and statistics in Lund, thereafter he studied at the Handelshögskolan in Stockholm. He was in the beginning of the 80's co-owner of the ad firm "Ekström & Lindmark". He has also lived in Paris, France. As an author Jan Ekström debuted 1961 with "Döden fyller år" "(The Death's Birthday)" and the next year he introduced his problem-solver, the red haired and