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Edgar Allan Poe

  • Birth

    Birth
    Edgar was born in 19th of Jenuary on 1809
  • Absent Father

    Absent Father
    When he was 2 years old his father abandoned his family
  • The mum died

    The mum died
    His mother was died and he has orphans with his brother and his sister
  • Edgar was adopted

    Edgar was adopted by Allen family
  • First Poem

    First Poem
    He started writing poems at 14 years old
  • Became an alcohol addict

    Became an alcohol addict
    When he was 17years old his father stopped to sending him money and he started drinking and leave the college
  • Published his first book

    Published his first book
    Published his first book “ Tamerlane and other poems”
  • The US Army

    The US Army
    Without money decided to enter in the US Army
  • The second book

    The second book
    He published the second book “ AL AARAAF”
  • The step mother died

    The step mother died
    His step mother died
  • The father married again

    His father married again and Edgar cut of all the contacs with him
  • Military Accademy

    Military Accademy
    In 1830, started to study on the Military Accademy at West Point
  • Edgar was expelled

    Edgar was expelled
    He was expelled from West Point due to his bad behaviour
  • His father died

    His father died
    In 1834 his father died without including him in his will
  • Editor

    Editor
    He got a job, an editor for the art and lineature magazine “ Southern Literary Messenger”
  • The married

    The married
    Edgar married his cousin Virginia
  • Detective novel

    Detective novel
    Edgar worked on his first detective novel “ The Murders in the Rue Morgue
  • First great horror story

    First great horror story
    He published his first great horror story “ The Raven”
  • His wife died

    His wife died
    In 1847 at only 24 the wife died of tuberculosis
  • In the end Edgar died

    In the end Edgar died
    He was devastated with pain after her wife death, he died on October 7th 1849 maybe because of brain congestion or his alcoholism