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Was born on the 19th of January 1809 in Boston -
2 years old his father abandoned his family, a little bit later mother died leaving Edgar -
Edgar was adopted by Allen family
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He started writing poems at the age of 14 years old -
At the age 17 he was already attending the University of Virginia, but his father stopped sending him money -
He decided to enter the US Army in 1827, he was 18 yaers old -
He published his first book: TEMERLANE AND OTHER POEMS -
Step mother fell ill and by the time Edgar reached home,his mother died.
The loss was very painful for Edgar -
He mouved whit his grandmother and his aunt. It was then that he published his second book AL AARAAF -
In 1830, thanks to his stepfather Edgar, he entered the West Point Military Academy -
Due to his behavior and relationship with his stepfather, Edgar was subsequently expelled from the academy
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In 1834 his father died without including him in his will
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In 1835 he got a job as an editor for the art and literature magazine SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER in Richmond -
When he was 27 the poet married his cousins Virginia and he was only 13 years old -
In 1840 Edgar joined George R. Graham at the Graham’s magazine.
During that year Poe worked on his first detective novel “THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE” -
In 1845 he published his first great horror story “THE RAVEN”a masterpiece in American literature -
In 1847 his wife died of tuberculosis
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In the end he died on October 7th 1849 maybe because of brain congestion or his alcoholism but his death still remains a great mystery since the death certificate never appeared