Thomas Stearns Eliot | Brief Biography
Thomas Stearns Eliot | Brief Biography
Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) was an American-born, British poet, playwright, and literary critic. He is considered one of the 20th century’s greatest poets and is best known for his poem “The Waste Land”.
Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and educated at Harvard University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1909 and a Master of Arts degree in 1910. He moved to England in 1914 and began working as a schoolteacher and a banker. In 1917, he published his first collection of poems, “Prufrock and Other Observations”.
In 1922, Eliot published “The Waste Land”, a complex and fragmented work that is widely regarded as one of the defining poems of modernist literature. This poem is a response to the disillusionment and fragmentation of World War I and reflects the cultural and intellectual changes of the early 20th century.
In addition to his poetry, Eliot was a highly influential critic, and his essays on poetry and culture helped shape the direction of modernist literary criticism. He worked as an editor for various publishing houses and wrote numerous essays, reviews, and lectures on a variety of subjects.
In 1930, Eliot converted to Anglicanism and became a British citizen in 1927. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot continued to write and publish poetry throughout his life and was highly regarded for his technical mastery and his ability to convey a sense of spiritual and cultural alienation.
Thomas Stearns Eliot died in 1965, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most important and influential poets of the 20th century. His works continue to be widely read and studied, and his impact on modernist literature and cultural criticism remains significant. 0 0 0.
Thomas Stearns Eliot
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