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Thomas Stearns Eliot studied at Harvard, and spent much of his academic life learning ancient languages in order to read various religious texts. He wrote one of his moust famous poems, "The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock," when he was only 22, and shocked many traditionalist of his day. Eliot's other works include "The Waste Land," "Four Quartets" (considered by himself alone to be his masterpiece), and the widely known "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" - which later became the basis for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats." He died in 1965 of emphysema, and his ashes were scattered in the church in his ancestors' hometown of East Coker. Featured Book and QuizzesFeatured book by T.S. Eliot: Poems This week's quizzes: Emily Dickinson Poetry First Lines Who Was Shakespeare? This Week's BirthdaysMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra -- September 29, 1547 Writer best known as the creator of the legendary literary figure Don Quixote. Read more about Cervantes. Read Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra at BookDaily. Truman Capote -- September 30, 1924 Novelist and short story writer who gained fame for his novel In Cold Blood. Read The Complete Stories of Truman Capote at BookDaily. Graham Greene -- October 2, 1904 English novelist and playwright whose works focused on moral issues in political settings. Read The Spy's Bedside Book by Graham Greene at BookDaily.  | | |
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
T.S. Eliot
