T S Eliot

T S Eliot



Biography of T S Eliot

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T S Elliot is an American born writer who later naturalized in United Kingdom. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948, according to Nobel Prize website, "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry". He was a leader of the modernist movement.

Quotes by T S Eliot

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[My poetry] wouldn’t be what it is if I’d been born in England, and it wouldn’t be what it is if I’d stayed in America. It’s a combination of things. But in its sources, in its emotional springs, it comes from America.

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.

Tags for T S Eliot

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american british modernist poet dramatist Literary critic

Details of T S Eliot

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T  S Eliot
Author: T S Eliot
Language:
English
Gender:
Male
Born - Died:
1888/09/26 - 1965/01/04





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