Edgar Allan Poe

By Stefano D’arco
  • Day of birth

    Day of birth

  • When he was 2 years old his faher abandoned his family

  • A little bit later his mother died leaving Edgar, his brother and his sister orphans.

  • he started writing poems at the age of 14 years old.

    he started writing poems at the age of 14 years old.

  • At the age of 17 he was already attending The University of Virginia but his father stopped sending him money.

    At the age of 17 he was already attending The University of Virginia but his father stopped sending him money.

  • Without money and without a job he decided to enter (to enlist) the US Army in 1827. He was 18 years old.

  • In the same year he published his first book: “TAMERLANE AND OTHER POEMS”

    In the same year he published his first book: “TAMERLANE AND OTHER POEMS”

  • In the meanwhile Allen, his step mother fell ill and by the time Edgar reached home, his mother died.

    In the meanwhile Allen, his step mother fell ill and by the time Edgar reached home, his mother died.

    He moved with his grandmother and his aunt. It was then that he published his second book”AL AARAAF”. According to what Poe said, he wrote it when he was 15 but the critics said the poems were too complicated.

  • His stepfather John Allen at this point decided to make up with his son and got him in a place to continue his studies in the Military Academy at West Point

  • His father died

    His father died

  • in 1835 (he was 26 years old) he got a job as an editor for the art and literature magazine SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER in Richmond.

    There Edgar built his reputation as a fierce critic.
  • When he was 27 the poet married his cousin Virginia and she was only 13 years old.

    When he was 27 the poet married his cousin Virginia and she was only 13 years old.

  • In 1840 Edgar joined George R. Graham at the Graham’s magazine.

    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” recognized by the critics as the first modern detective story with a macabre tone in the crimes, in the story and in the characters too.
  • In 1845 he published his first great horror story “THE RAVEN”

    In 1845 he published his first great horror story “THE RAVEN”

  • In 1847 his wife died of tuberculosis.

    In 1847 his wife died of tuberculosis.

  • In the end he died on October 7th 1849

    In the end he died on October 7th 1849