EDGAR ALLAN POE

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  • EDGAR POE WAS BORN

    Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were actors. Edgar was one of three children.

  • THE ALLANS

    The three siblings were separated and lived with different families. Edgar went to Richmond, Virginia, to live with John and Francis Allan.

  • FORTY-PAGE BOOKLET

    He publised a forty-page booklet called Tamerlane and other poems.

  • DREAMS AND MILITARY SERVICE

    John disapproved of Edgar's dreams of becoming a writer. Edgar left the house to live on his own and enlisted in the U.S. Army for a five-year term.

  • POEMS BY EDGAR ALLAN POE

    He published Poems byy Edgar Allan Poe and began to submit short stories to magazines

  • FIRST PRIZE

    Edgar received a prize for his work entitled "Ms. Found in a Bottle"

  • NEW GENRE

    Poe started new genre of detective fiction with "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

  • SECOND PRIZE

    Poe won a literary prize for "The Gold Bug"

  • WIFE

    Poe´s wife became ill with tuberculosis and died.

  • DEATH

    On october 3, 1849, Poe was found delirious. He died four days later.