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His later work is predominantly religious in nature, and includes such works as [[Ash Wednesday]] and [[The Four Quartets]]. He was awarded the [[Nobel Prize for Literature |
His later work is predominantly religious in nature, and includes such works as [[Ash Wednesday]] and [[The Four Quartets]]. He was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] for Literature in 1948. |
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Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965)
Although born in the USA, T S Eliot made his life and literary career in Britain, following the curtailment of a tour of Germany by the outbreak of World War I.
He came to prominence with the publication of a poem, The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock in 1915. His style was fresh and modernist, in stark contrast to the much of the bucolic poetry of the time. In 1922, the publication of The Waste Land became one of the principal examples of the new wave of poetry of the time.
His later work is predominantly religious in nature, and includes such works as Ash Wednesday and The Four Quartets. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948.