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T. S. Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot with his sister and his cousin by Lady Ottoline Morrell.jpg: Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873–1938) derivative work: Octave.H · Public domain(via Wikimedia Commons)

T. S. Eliot

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Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (English: Thomas Stearns Eliot, September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965), an American-born British poet, literary critic, and playwright, a representative figure of English modernist poetry. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. His masterpiece "The Waste Land" is considered one of the most influential English poems of the twentieth century.

Category
Writers
Nationality
United States
Born
1888-09-26
Died
1965-01-04
Wikidata
Q37767
Occupations playwrightpoetessayistliterary criticcurrent affairs commentatorshort story writeruniversity teacherscreenwriterlyricistchildren's literature writerwriternobel prize winnerbank teller
Aliases EliotT S EliotT. S. EliotT.S. EliotThomas EliotT. S. EliotThomas Stearns EliotThomas Stearns Eliotthomas elliotEliot

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