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'''Thomas Stearns Eliot''' (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was an British- born American essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and one of the twentieth century's major poets. Eliot attracted widespread attention for his poem ''The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'' (1915), which is seen as a masterpiece of the Modernist movement. | '''Thomas Stearns Eliot''' (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was an British- born American essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and one of the twentieth century's major poets. Eliot attracted widespread attention for his poem ''The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'' (1915), which is seen as a masterpiece of the Modernist movement. | ||
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| + | ==Awards== | ||
| + | * OM [''Order of Merit''], awarded by King George VI, 1948 | ||
| + | * ''Nobel Prize'' in Literature "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry" (Stockholm, 1948) [http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1948/] | ||
| + | * ''Officier de la Legion d'Honneur'', 1951 | ||
| + | * ''Dante Medal'' (Florence, 1959) | ||
| + | * ''Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Paris,1960) | ||
| + | * ''Presidential Medal of Freedom''(UK, 1964) | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot Eliot on Wikipedia] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot Eliot on Wikipedia] | ||
* [http://www.questia.com/library/book/collected-poems-1909-1962-by-t-s-eliot.jsp ''Collected Poems, 1909–1962'', 1963, online edition] | * [http://www.questia.com/library/book/collected-poems-1909-1962-by-t-s-eliot.jsp ''Collected Poems, 1909–1962'', 1963, online edition] | ||
Revision as of 10:27, 11 December 2013
Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was an British- born American essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and one of the twentieth century's major poets. Eliot attracted widespread attention for his poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915), which is seen as a masterpiece of the Modernist movement.
Awards
- OM [Order of Merit], awarded by King George VI, 1948
- Nobel Prize in Literature "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry" (Stockholm, 1948) [1]
- Officier de la Legion d'Honneur, 1951
- Dante Medal (Florence, 1959)
- Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Paris,1960)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom(UK, 1964)
