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T. S. Eliot

Also known as Thomas Stearns Eliot, Eliot, T S Eliot, Thomas Eliot, T.S. Eliot

US-British poet (1888–1965)

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T. S. Eliot was a writer whose work period began in 1915. He was born on September 26, 1888, and died on January 4, 1965. His body of work includes eight items.

Eliot received one Nobel Prize. His contributions are recognized in the Nobel Literature collection. He is also included in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, the Presidential Medal Of Freedom collection, and the Tony Award Best Play collection.

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St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. He is also noted for his critical essays, which often re-evaluated long-held cultural beliefs. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, to a…

Known for

Strati — T.S. Eliot2026
T. S. Eliot: The Search for Happiness — Self2019
Great Poets: In Their Own Words — Self2014
The Mind and Times of Virginia Woolf — Self (archive footage)2002
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers — Self (voice) (archive sound)1988
Murder in the Cathedral — Voice of Fourth Tempter1951
Cover to Cover1936
Voices & Visions: T.S. Eliot — Himself

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature1948
“for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: St. Louis
Place of death: London
Employer: Birkbeck, University of London
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: anglo-catholicism
Award: Tony Award for Best Play
Notable work: Four Quartets
Genre: literary criticism
Movement: modernist literature
Image: Thomas Stearns Eliot by Lady Ottoline Morrell (1934).jpg

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writing language: English language
influenced by: William Butler Yeats
Commons category: T.S. Eliot
date of birth: 1888-09-26
date of death: 1965-01-04
topic's main category: Category:T. S. Eliot
Commons gallery: Thomas Stearns Eliot
cause of death: pulmonary emphysema
member of: American Philosophical Society
manner of death: natural causes
archives at: Bodleian Library
lifestyle: mysticism
birth name: Thomas Stearns Eliot
name in native language: T. S. Eliot
Commons Creator page: T. S. Eliot
start of work period: 1915-00-00
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Sources (11)

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Works in European collections

8 objects attributed to T. S. Eliot, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

: a comedy

Four quartets

Old possum's book of practical cats

Four quartets

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Murder in the cathedral

Four quartetts

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Encyclopedic overview

Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure of modernist poetry in the English language where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. He is also noted for his critical essays, which often re-evaluated long-held cultural beliefs.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and went on to settle, work, and marry there. He became a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39 and renounced his American citizenship.

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