Edgard allan poe

By Stoppini

  • Born

    Born
    Edgar Allan Poe was born on the 19th of January 1809 in Boston.

  • Allen family

    his mother died and he was adopted by the Allen family
    his new father was a famous merchant.

  • Adolescenze

    Adolescenze
    Since he was a kid he loved spending time reading magazines, he started writing poems at the age of 14 years old.

  • University

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

  • Soldier

    Soldier
    Without money and without a job he decided to enter the US Army in 1827.

  • the first book

    the first book
    published his first book: “TAMERLANE AND OTHER POEMS”.
    This book was full of verses Edgar wrote when he was a kid.
    by the time Edgar reached home, his mother died. The loss was very painful for Edgar.

  • second book

    second book
    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.

  • West point

    West point
    In 1830 he went to the West Point Military Academy.
    the father remarried and arguments began between them.

  • death of his father

    death of his father
    he was expelled from west point, I tried to contact his father but he didn't answer.
    his father died in 1834 without putting it in his will.

  • start to work

    start to work
    Edgar was furious but he kept fighting to survive and in 1835 he got a job as an editor for the art and literature magazine SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER in Richmond.

  • Edgard gets married

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

  • Graham's magazine.

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

  • detective novel

    detective novel
    During that year Poe worked on his first detective novel “THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE”

  • Horror

    Horror
    In 1845 he published his first great horror story “THE RAVEN”a masterpiece in American literature.

  • his wife dies

    his wife dies
    in 1847 his wife died.

  • Edgard died

    Edgard died
    In the end 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.