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'''Thomas Stearns Eliot''' (1888-1965) was an [[United States of America|American]]-born British poet, playwright, and literary critic.  He was a dominant force in the English and American literary scene during the middle third of the twentieth century, and presented a powerful conservative voice. His poems include "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915), "The Waste Land" (1922), and "The Journey of the Magi" (1927); his plays include "Murder in the Cathedral" (1935). His light verse book "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" (1939), was later made into the hit musical "Cats" (1981).  He studied at Oxford, Paris, and Harvard.  He won the Nobel Prize for literature.

'''Thomas Stearns Eliot''' (1888-1965) was an [[United States of America|American]]-born British poet, playwright, and literary critic.  He was a dominant force in the English and American literary scene during the middle third of the twentieth century, and presented a powerful conservative voice. His poems include "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915), "The Waste Land" (1922), and "The Journey of the Magi" (1927); his plays include "Murder in the Cathedral" (1935). His light verse book "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" (1939), was later made into the hit musical "Cats" (1981).  He studied at Oxford, Paris, and Harvard.  He won the Nobel Prize for literature.

==Early Life==

==Early life==

T. S. Eliot was born and grew up in St. Louis, [[Missouri]], and came from a prominent intellectual family of Yankee origins.  In 1914 he moved to England.

T. S. Eliot was born and grew up in St. Louis, [[Missouri]], and came from a prominent intellectual family of Yankee origins.  In 1914 he moved to England.

Some famous lines from T. S. Eliot that are often alluded to or quoted include:

Some famous lines from T. S. Eliot that are often alluded to or quoted include:

:Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?<br/>

:Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?

:I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach<br/>

:I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach

:I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.<br/>

:I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

:I do not think that they will sing to me.<br/>

:I do not think that they will sing to me.

::(from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock")<ref>http://www.artofeurope.com/eliot/eli1.htm</ref>

::(from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock")<ref>http://www.artofeurope.com/eliot/eli1.htm</ref>

:This is the way the world ends<br/>

:This is the way the world ends

:Not with a bang but a whimper.<br/>

:Not with a bang but a whimper.

::(from "The Hollow Men")<ref>http://www.artofeurope.com/eliot/eli2.htm</ref>

::(from "The Hollow Men")<ref>http://www.artofeurope.com/eliot/eli2.htm</ref>

:April is the cruellest month, breeding<br/>  

:April is the cruellest month, breeding<br/>  

:Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing<br/>  

:Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing<br/>  

:Memory and desire, stirring <br/>

:Memory and desire, stirring

:Dull roots with spring rain.<br/>

:Dull roots with spring rain.

::(from ''The Waste Land'')<ref>http://www.artofeurope.com/eliot/eli3.htm</ref>

::(from ''The Waste Land'')<ref>http://www.artofeurope.com/eliot/eli3.htm</ref>

:The whole earth is our hospital<br/>

:The whole earth is our hospital

:Endowed by the ruined millionaire,<br/>

:Endowed by the ruined millionaire,

:Wherein, if we do well, we shall<br/>

:Wherein, if we do well, we shall

:Die of the absolute paternal care<br/>

:Die of the absolute paternal care

:That will not leave us, but prevents us everywhere.<br />

:That will not leave us, but prevents us everywhere.

::(from ''East Coker'', ''Four Quartets'')<ref>http://www.ubriaco.com/fq.html</ref>

::(from ''East Coker'', ''Four Quartets'')<ref>http://www.ubriaco.com/fq.html</ref>

== See also ==

== See also ==

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[[Category:Nobel laureates in Literature]]

[[Category:Nobel laureates in Literature]]

[[category:Poets]]

[[Category:Poets]]

[[category:Conservatives]]

[[Category:Conservatives]]

[[Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom award winners]]

[[Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom award winners]]