T. S. Eliot, 1888 - 1965
Author of this webpage: Renée Goodvin
Born September 26, 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot was a notable American-English poet, literary critic, and dramatist and is recognized as the leader of the Modernist Movement in poetry.In 1914, Eliot met Ezra Pound with whom he had a close professional relationship throughout his career. It was also in 1914 that Eliot moved to London, where he settled permanently. Eliot’s first important publication in 1915 of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is considered by many to be the first masterpiece of English Modernism. In 1922, his best known poem, “The Waste Land,” was published, winning Eliot an international reputation. During the 1930s, Eliot developed interests in theology and sociology and he published three short books (or long essays) on the subjects as a result. 1948 saw Eliot awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry.”
Eliot had a relatively quiet private life and was married twice. His first wife died in 1947 and in 1957 he married Valerie Fletcher with whom he lived until his death on January 4, 1965, from emphysema and related complications.
T.S. Eliot's Education:
- A.B., 1909; A.M., 1910, Harvard University
- 1910-1911, University of Paris (Sorbonne)
- 1911-1914, Harvard University-- While at Harvard, Eliot was involved with The Harvard Advocate.
- 1914-1915, Oxford University
- 1916, Ph. D. dissertation accepted by Harvard
- 1910-1911, University of Paris (Sorbonne)
- "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", 1911 (written), 1915 (published), 1917 (included in Prufrock and Other Observations)
- "Gerontion", 1920
- The Waste Land, 1922
- "The Hollow Men", 1925
- The Journey of the Magi, 1927
- Ash-Wednesday, 1930
- Murder in the Cathedral, 1935
- The Four Quartets, 1936-1942
- Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, 1939
- The Nobel Prize for Literature, 1948
- "Gerontion", 1920
T.S. Eliot Links:
- "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
- Online text of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
- T.S. Eliot Collection
- Full text of the works of T.S. Eliot, brought to you by bartleby.com
- Eliot - Criticism
- From the IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection
- Time 100: Artists and Entertainers: T.S. Eliot
- Time Magazine explains why T.S. Eliot was one of the most important artists of the 20th Century.
- TSE The Web Site
- Official homepage of the T.S. Eliot Discussion List.
- TSEbase
- The Online Concordance of T.S. Eliot's Collected Poems.
- What the Thunder Said: T.S. Eliot
- Site devoted to the works and life of T.S. Eliot.
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