September 26, 1888 – January 4,1965
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go." -T.S. Eliot
Early Life:
T.S. Eliot was an excellent playwright, literary critic, and one of the most influential English poets of his time. Although he was born in St. Louis, Missouri, he later decided to move to the United Kingdom in 1914 to pursue his dreams. From 1989 to 1905, Eliot attended Smith Academy where he then studied Latin, Ancient Greek, French, and German. He studied at Harvard with a degree in philosophy. At the age of 14, he began to write poetry.
Major Works:
His most famous poems include, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Wasteland, The Hallow Men, and Ash Wednesday. A lot of his pieces of work received mixed reviews, some thought it was the best poetry in the English Language while others thought his work was abstruse and difficult. One of his most famous pieces of work was the play, The Cocktail Party. This play centers on the idea of morality, along with many of his works. Awarded by King George VI, he was given the order of merit. Also an outstanding award given to Eliot was the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry in 1948.
Eliot has been known to be one of the greatest innovators in the world of poetry, along with the most daring. He believed the poetry should aim at the representation of modern civilization; therefore leading to multiple controversial topics that Eliot was famous for. A lot of Eliot's works come from a Christian perspective. Eliot pushed the idea of traditionalism in his society in context to religion, society, and most of all, literature.
Early Life:
T.S. Eliot was an excellent playwright, literary critic, and one of the most influential English poets of his time. Although he was born in St. Louis, Missouri, he later decided to move to the United Kingdom in 1914 to pursue his dreams. From 1989 to 1905, Eliot attended Smith Academy where he then studied Latin, Ancient Greek, French, and German. He studied at Harvard with a degree in philosophy. At the age of 14, he began to write poetry.
Major Works:
His most famous poems include, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Wasteland, The Hallow Men, and Ash Wednesday. A lot of his pieces of work received mixed reviews, some thought it was the best poetry in the English Language while others thought his work was abstruse and difficult. One of his most famous pieces of work was the play, The Cocktail Party. This play centers on the idea of morality, along with many of his works. Awarded by King George VI, he was given the order of merit. Also an outstanding award given to Eliot was the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry in 1948.
Eliot has been known to be one of the greatest innovators in the world of poetry, along with the most daring. He believed the poetry should aim at the representation of modern civilization; therefore leading to multiple controversial topics that Eliot was famous for. A lot of Eliot's works come from a Christian perspective. Eliot pushed the idea of traditionalism in his society in context to religion, society, and most of all, literature.