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Poe was born in Boston, the second child of two actors.
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His sister Rosalie was born, and during the pregnancy David Poe deserts the family.
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His mother and father both die of tuberculosis.
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Poe was 15 years old when he wrote his first poem
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His first book was called Tamerlane and Other Poems is published and the author is listed as "Bostonian"
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His brother Henry died of tuberculosis
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Poe marries his cousin, Virginia Clemm when she was 13 and he was 27
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Poe's first written novel is called The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
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Poe's story collection called Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes
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Poe published his poem The Raven which brought him a lot of fame and fortune
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Poe's wife Virginia, dies of tuberculosis and it sent him into a downward spiral
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Poe is found unconscious in a Baltimore gutter, taken to the hospital and pronounced dead from unknown reasons
