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The 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to British-American poet Thomas Stearns Eliot (pen name, T. S. Eliot) (1888–1965) "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry." [1] Eliot is the fourth British (born in the United States) recipient of the prize after John Galsworthy in 1932.
Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright. [1] He was a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. He is also noted for his critical essays, which often re-evaluated long-held cultural ...
The poems, including "A Song for Simeon", were later published in both the 1936 and 1963 editions of Eliot's collected poems. [2] In 1927, Eliot had converted to Anglo-Catholicism and his poetry, starting with the Ariel Poems (1927–31) and Ash Wednesday (1930), took on a decidedly religious character. [3] "A Song for Simeon" is seen by many ...
The Cocktail Party is a verse drama in three acts by T. S. Eliot written in 1948 and performed in 1949 at the Edinburgh Festival.It was published in 1950. [1] It was the most popular of Eliot's seven plays in his lifetime, although his 1935 play, Murder in the Cathedral, is better remembered today.
Nobel Prize in Literature: Thomas Stearns Eliot; Premio Nadal: Sebastián Juan Arbó, Sobre las piedras grises; Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire; Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: James A. Michener – Tales of the South Pacific; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: W. H. Auden: The Age of Anxiety
1948: Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888–1965) United Kingdom (born in the United States) English "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry" [49] poetry, essay, drama 1949: William Faulkner (1897–1962) United States: English "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel" [50] novel, short ...
Four Quartets is a set of four poems written by T. S. Eliot that were published over a six-year period. The first poem, Burnt Norton, was published with a collection of his early works (1936's Collected Poems 1909–1935).
The following is a list of books of poetry by T. S. Eliot arranged chronologically by first edition. [Note 1] Some of Eliot's poems were first published in booklet or pamphlet format (such as his Ariel poems.) Prufrock and Other Observations. London: Egoist. 1917. Poems. Richmond, Surrey: The Hogarth Press. 1919. Ara Vos Prec. London: Ovid ...