A little bit later his mother died leaving Edgar, his brother and his sister orphans.
Edgar was adopted by Allen family
he was a kid he loved spending time reading magazines, he started writing poems at the age of 14 years old.
At the age of 17 he was already attending The University of Virginia
He decided to enter in the US army
he published his first book: “TAMERLANE AND OTHER POEMS” by a Bostonian
he published his second book”AL AARAAF”
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 in 1830.
In 1830 his father married agian
In 1834 his father died without including him in his will.
he got a job as an editor for the art and literature magazine SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER in Richmond
When he was 27 the poet married his cousin Virginia and he was only 13 years old.
In 1840 Edgar joined George R. Graham at the Graham’s magazine.
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”a masterpiece in American literature.
In 1847 when he was only 24 the same age of her biological mother and older brother when they died, his wife died of tuberculosis.
he died on October 7th 1849 maybe because of brain congestion or his alcoholism but his death still remains a great mystery since the death certificate never appeared.
