25/04/2023
/ Thomas Eliot /
"Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important."
"Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Considered one of the 20th century's major poets, he is a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and went on to settle, work, and marry there. He became a British citizen in 1927 at the age of 39 and renounced his American citizenship. Eliot first attracted widespread attention for his poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in 1915, which, at the time of its publication, was considered outlandish. It was followed by The Waste Land, "The Hollow Men", "Ash Wednesday", and Four Quartets. He was also known for seven plays, particularly Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party. He was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry"."
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Born: Thomas Stearns Eliot, September 26, 1888, St. Louis, Missouri, US
Died: January 4, 1965, London, England
Occupation: Poet, essayist, playwright, publisher, critic
Citizenship: American (1888–1927), British (1927–1965)
Education: Harvard University (AB, AM, PhD candidate), Merton College, Oxford
Period: 1905–1965
Literary movement: Modernism
Notable works: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915), The Waste Land (1922), Four Quartets (1943), Murder in the Cathedral (1935)
Notable awards: Nobel Prize in Literature (1948), Order of Merit (1948)