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He was born
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His father abadoned his family
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A little bit later his mother died leaving Edgar, his brother and his sister orphans.
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Edgar was adopted by Allen family
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he was a kid he loved spending time reading magazines, he started writing poems at the age of 14 years old.
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At the age of 17 he was already attending The University of Virginia
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He decided to enter in the US army
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he published his first book: “TAMERLANE AND OTHER POEMS” by a Bostonian
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he published his second book”AL AARAAF”
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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.
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In 1830 his father married agian
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In 1834 his father died without including him in his will.
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he got a job as an editor for the art and literature magazine SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER in Richmond
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When he was 27 the poet married his cousin Virginia and he was only 13 years old.
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In 1840 Edgar joined George R. Graham at the Graham’s magazine.
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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.
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In 1845 he published his first great horror story “THE RAVEN”a masterpiece in American literature.
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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.
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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.