Who was the real T.S. Eliot, author of the "The Waste Land".
He was an American who moved to Britain in 1914 at the age of 25 having studied philosophy at Harvard College. He lived in Paris for a bit, studying philosophy at the Sorbonne. In 1948 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The poem that made his name was "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" published in Chicago in 1915: known for its opening verse: "Let us go then you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky, Like a patient etherized upon a table" and "In the room the women come and go | Talking of Michelangelo".
He also wrote seven plays.
The poem that made his name was "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" published in Chicago in 1915: known for its opening verse: "Let us go then you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky, Like a patient etherized upon a table" and "In the room the women come and go | Talking of Michelangelo".
He also wrote seven plays.
The most popular in his lifetime was one known as The Cocktail Party, first performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1949.
