Biograghy
Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 26, 1888. (Poets.org par 1) He went to Harvard in age of 18. (Nobelprize.org par 1) He married Vivienne Haigh-Wood in 1914. (Biography of T.S. Eliot par 2) He became successful by published his first book “Prufrock and Other Observations” including "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," in 1917. (Biography of T.S. Eliot par 3) He believed that poetry should aim at a representation of the complexities of modern civilization in language and that such representation necessarily leads to difficult poetry. (Novelprize.org par 2) In 1948, he won the Novel Prize for Literature. (Poets.org par 5) He joined the Church of England and gained British citizenship in 1927. (Novelprize.org par 1) He had an unhappy marriage with his first wife so he divorced in 1933. (Poets.org par 5) He remarried Valerie Fletcher in 1956. (Poets.org par 5) Murder in the Cathedral (1935), The Family Reunion (1939), The Cocktail Party (1949), The Confidential Clerk (1954), and TheElderStatesman(1959) were the major plays he published in 1962. (Novelprize.org par 2) In 1965, he died in London. (Poets.org par 5)
Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 26, 1888. (Poets.org par 1) He went to Harvard in age of 18. (Nobelprize.org par 1) He married Vivienne Haigh-Wood in 1914. (Biography of T.S. Eliot par 2) He became successful by published his first book “Prufrock and Other Observations” including "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," in 1917. (Biography of T.S. Eliot par 3) He believed that poetry should aim at a representation of the complexities of modern civilization in language and that such representation necessarily leads to difficult poetry. (Novelprize.org par 2) In 1948, he won the Novel Prize for Literature. (Poets.org par 5) He joined the Church of England and gained British citizenship in 1927. (Novelprize.org par 1) He had an unhappy marriage with his first wife so he divorced in 1933. (Poets.org par 5) He remarried Valerie Fletcher in 1956. (Poets.org par 5) Murder in the Cathedral (1935), The Family Reunion (1939), The Cocktail Party (1949), The Confidential Clerk (1954), and TheElderStatesman(1959) were the major plays he published in 1962. (Novelprize.org par 2) In 1965, he died in London. (Poets.org par 5)