E. E. Cummings

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essayist human modernist poet painter playwright poet

E. E. Cummings was an innovative American poet, painter, and playwright renowned for his unconventional syntax, typography, and playful use of language in modernist poetry.

Aliases (1)

Edward Estlin Cummings ×1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	essayist → human → modernist poet → painter → playwright → poet →
awardReceived	Bollingen Prize for Poetry →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
child	Nancy Cummings →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1894-10-14 →
dateOfDeath	1962-09-03 →
educatedAt	Cambridge Latin High School → Harvard University →
familyName	Cummings →
fieldOfWork	drama → poetry → visual art →
fullName	Edward Estlin Cummings →
gender	male →
genre	love poetry → lyric poetry → satire →
givenName	Edward →
hasSignatureWork	"Buffalo Bill's" → "anyone lived in a pretty how town" → "i carry your heart with me(i carry it in)" → "in Just-" →
influenced	American postmodern poets →
influencedBy	Ezra Pound → Gertrude Stein →
knownFor	innovative typography → lowercase stylistic signature → playful use of language → unconventional syntax →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
middleName	Estlin →
movement	Avant-garde → Modernism →
notableWork	& (And) → 1 × 1 → 50 Poems → 95 Poems → Eimi → Him → No Thanks → Santa Claus: A Morality → The Enormous Room → Tulips and Chimneys → ViVa → XLI Poems → is 5 →
occupation	author → painter → playwright → poet →
participatedIn	World War I →
partner	Marion Morehouse →
placeOfBirth	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	North Conway, New Hampshire, United States →
religion	Unitarian Universalism →
residence	Greenwich Village, New York City, United States → Joy Farm, Silver Lake, New Hampshire, United States →
spouse	Anne Minnerly Barton → Elaine Orr →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
E. E. Cummings ("Edward Estlin Cummings") →	fullName
Forest Hills Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
Lost Generation →	hasNotableMember