T. S. Eliot

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editor essayist human literary critic modernist writer playwright poet

T. S. Eliot was a seminal 20th-century poet, critic, and playwright, best known for works such as "The Waste Land" and "Four Quartets," which profoundly influenced modernist literature.

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Eliot 4
Thomas Stearns Eliot 4
Old Possum (Eliot's nickname from Ezra Pound) 1

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instanceOf editor ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
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modernist writer ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
awardReceived Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
Tony Award ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Play
burialPlace St Michael and All Angels' Church, East Coker ⓘ
causeOfDeath emphysema ⓘ
convertedFrom Unitarianism ⓘ
convertedTo Anglican Communion ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1888-09-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1965-01-04 ⓘ
describedBySource The Waste Land and Four Quartets profoundly influenced modernist literature ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
Merton College, Oxford ⓘ
Sorbonne University ⓘ
employer Faber and Faber ⓘ
familyName T. S. Eliot self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eliot
fullName T. S. Eliot self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Stearns Eliot
genre drama ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName Stearns ⓘ
Thomas ⓘ
hasSignature T. S. Eliot signature ⓘ
influenced Ezra Pound ⓘ
Samuel Beckett ⓘ
Seamus Heaney ⓘ
Sylvia Plath ⓘ
Ted Hughes ⓘ
W. H. Auden ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Baudelaire ⓘ
Dante Alighieri ⓘ
Jules Laforgue ⓘ
T. E. Hulme ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
marriageEnd Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot ⓘ
marriageStart 1915-06-26 ⓘ
1957-01-10 ⓘ
movement Modernism ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1948 ⓘ
notableWork Ash-Wednesday ⓘ
Four Quartets ⓘ
Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ⓘ
The Cocktail Party ⓘ
The Hollow Men ⓘ
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ⓘ
The Waste Land ⓘ
occupation literary critic ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
placeOfBirth St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London, England, United Kingdom
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London, England, United Kingdom
spouse Esme Valerie Fletcher ⓘ
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot ⓘ

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Modernism → notableFigure → T. S. Eliot ⓘ
Athenaeum Club → notableMember → T. S. Eliot ⓘ
Poets’ Corner → notableMemorial → T. S. Eliot ⓘ
Poets’ Corner → notableMemorial → T. S. Eliot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Stearns Eliot
Faber and Faber → publishedAuthor → T. S. Eliot ⓘ
William Greenleaf Eliot → relative → T. S. Eliot ⓘ
Esme Valerie Fletcher → spouse → T. S. Eliot ⓘ
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot → spouse → T. S. Eliot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Possum (Eliot's nickname from Ezra Pound)
Ash-Wednesday → writer → T. S. Eliot ⓘ
Murder in the Cathedral → writer → T. S. Eliot ⓘ
The Cocktail Party → writer → T. S. Eliot ⓘ