-
BORN OF EDGAR ALLAN POE January 19
Edgar Poe was born , in Boston , Massachusetts -
FATHER DESERTED THE FAMILY
Poe father . deserted the family when Edgar was very young .His mother died and the children became orphans -
Publico un libro
In 1827, he published a forty-page booklet called Tamerlane and Other Poems,
which ultimately proved a failure -
EDGAR ALLAN POE
. In late 1830s, Poe published a collection
of stories. -
EDGAR ALLAN
In 1831, he published Poems by Edgar Allan
Poe and began to submit short stories to magazines -
PREMIO
In 1833, Edgar received a prize for his work entitled "Ms. Found in a Bottle," -
Edgar Poe
Poe married, Virginia, and moved to Richmond. In 1837, he stopped working
at the magazine and moved to New York City, then to Philadelphia. He started
working as coeditor of Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine -
Edgar Poe
In 1841, Poe started a new genre of detective fiction with "The Murders in the Rue
Morgue." -
Edgar Poe
" Poe won a literary prize in 1843 for "The Gold Bug," a tale of secret codes
and hunting treasure. He also published a short story called The Tell-Tale Heart. -
Edgar Poe
In 1847, Poe’s wife became ill with tuberculosis and died. Edgar was devastated by
the loss of his wife and started abusing alcohol. His depression intensified over the
next few years. -
Death of Edgar
On October 3, 1849, Poe was found delirious on the streets of Baltimore, wearing
the clothes of another person. He died four days later. The actual cause of death
was never determined, though acute alcohol poisoning, meningitis, or even rabies,
were thought to be possible causes of death.