One year later he married his thirteen-year-old cousin, Virginia. Poe began to sell short stories and, in 1835, he became the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond. After 2 years in army, Poe moved to Maryland to live with his Aunt and her daughter, Virginia. In 1829, he published a second collection entitled AI Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems. His first collection of poems, Tamerlane, and Other Poems, was published that year. In 1827, he moved to Boston and enlisted to Army. In 1826 he went to the University of Virginia but because of his bad addictions like alcohol and gambling he became in debt and had to quit school. When he was 6, he went to school in England for five years and learned Latin and French as well as math and history there. After he lost both of his parents at a very young age, he and his sister were raised by John Allan in Virginia. Poe’s father left the family in 1810 and his mother died the following year. Edgar Allan Poe, who is famous for his great work in literature, was born in Boston on 19th of January 1809.
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