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Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an American-born British poet, dramatist, and literary critic, whose works, such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land "The Hollow Men", and Four Quartets, are considered defining achievements of twentieth century Modernist poetry. In 1948 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was one of the most influential poets of the 20th century.
Life
Early life and education
Eliot was born into a prominent family from St. Louis, Missouri. Later, he said that "having passed one's childhood beside the big river" (the Mississippi) influenced his poetry. His father, Henry Ware Eliot (1843–1919), was a successful businessman, president and treasurer of the Hydraulic-Press Brick Company in St. Louis; his mother, née Charlotte Chauncy Stearns (1843–1929), taught school prior to marriage, and wrote poems. He was their last child; his parents were 44 years old when he was born. His four surviving sisters were about eleven to nineteen years older than he, and his brother, eight years older.William Greenleaf Eliot, Eliot's grandfather, was a Unitarian minister who moved to St. Louis when it was still on the frontier and was instrumental in founding many of the city's institutions, including Washington University in St. Louis. One distant cousin was Charles William Eliot, President of Harvard University from 1869 to 1909, and a fifth cousin, another Tom Eliot, was Chancellor of Washington University. Eliot's works often allude to his youth in St. Louis (there was a Prufrock furniture store in town) and to New England. (His family had Massachusetts ties and summered at a large cottage they had built in Gloucester, MA. The cottage, close to the shore at Eastern Point, had a view of the sea and the young Eliot would often go sailing.)
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What the Thunder Said - Time line, list of works, recommended resources, and links.
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Academy of American Poets: T. S. Eliot - Brief biography, a small selection of poems, and links to related Eliot sites.
AmericanPoems.com: T. S. Eliot - Short biography, and the poems from his first two collections: Prufrock and Other Observations, and Poems
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The T. S. Eliot Page - Links to Eliot-related sites.
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TSE: The Web Site - An electronic discussion devoted to the works and life of the Anglo-American poet, playwright, and critic.
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