Eliot

The works of ...

... T. S. ELIOT

*Publication details of The Journey of the Magi:*	Published in 1927.
Other literary works include:	Waste Land (1922). Poems (1920). Little Gidding (1942).

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY.

Born:

26th September, 1888, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Early years:

Eliot was the seventh and youngest child of a distinguished family of New England origin. He was brought up in an atmosphere of duty and responsibility.

Schooling:

He was educated at Mrs Lockwood's school and, from 1898, at the Smith Academy. In 1905, Eliot was sent to Milton Academy, which was regarded as preparatory to entering Harvard. He was enrolled at Harvard from 1906-14, but in this period he visited Paris (1910), where he studied French literature at the Sorbonne, and Munich (1911), before returning to the States. In 1914, he got a scholarship to Merton College, Oxford.

Career:

In 1914, Eliot moved to England and started to reform poetic diction with Ezra Pound, who was largely responsible for getting Eliot's early poems into print. Eliot taught for a year at Highgate Junior School in London, and then worked as a clerk at Lloyds Bank. A physical condition prevented his entering the US Navy in 1918. Between 1917 and 1919 Eliot was an assistant editor of the journal Egoist and, from 1919 onwards, he was a regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement. In 1925, he joined the publishing house of Faber and Gwyer (later Faber and Faber) becoming, eventually, one of the firm's directors. In 1927, Eliot became a British citizen, and joined the Church of England.

Final years:

Eliot spent much of the last half of his career writing different kinds of drama, and attempting to reach a larger and more varied audience. In early 1934 he composed a church pageant whith an accompanying chorus entitled The Rock. In the late 1930s Eliot attempted to conflate a drama of spiritual crisis with Noel Coward-inspired contemporary theatre of social manners. In 1948, Eliot was awarded the Order of Merit and the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Died:

Eliot died at home on 4th January, 1965. His ashes were interred in St. Michael's Church, East Coker, Somerset, (the village from which his ancestors had come).

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Born:	26th September, 1888, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Early years:	Eliot was the seventh and youngest child of a distinguished family of New England origin. He was brought up in an atmosphere of duty and responsibility.
Schooling:	He was educated at Mrs Lockwood's school and, from 1898, at the Smith Academy. In 1905, Eliot was sent to Milton Academy, which was regarded as preparatory to entering Harvard. He was enrolled at Harvard from 1906-14, but in this period he visited Paris (1910), where he studied French literature at the Sorbonne, and Munich (1911), before returning to the States. In 1914, he got a scholarship to Merton College, Oxford.
Career:	In 1914, Eliot moved to England and started to reform poetic diction with Ezra Pound, who was largely responsible for getting Eliot's early poems into print. Eliot taught for a year at Highgate Junior School in London, and then worked as a clerk at Lloyds Bank. A physical condition prevented his entering the US Navy in 1918. Between 1917 and 1919 Eliot was an assistant editor of the journal Egoist and, from 1919 onwards, he was a regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement. In 1925, he joined the publishing house of Faber and Gwyer (later Faber and Faber) becoming, eventually, one of the firm's directors. In 1927, Eliot became a British citizen, and joined the Church of England.
Final years:	Eliot spent much of the last half of his career writing different kinds of drama, and attempting to reach a larger and more varied audience. In early 1934 he composed a church pageant whith an accompanying chorus entitled The Rock. In the late 1930s Eliot attempted to conflate a drama of spiritual crisis with Noel Coward-inspired contemporary theatre of social manners. In 1948, Eliot was awarded the Order of Merit and the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Died:	Eliot died at home on 4th January, 1965. His ashes were interred in St. Michael's Church, East Coker, Somerset, (the village from which his ancestors had come).