Thomas Stearns Eliot is the most influential poet in Britain in the 20th century. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Grandfather is a priest and the former president of this university. My father is in business, and my mother is a poet and has written religious poems. Eliot studied philosophy and comparative literature at Harvard University, was exposed to Sanskrit and oriental culture, was interested in Hegelian philosophers and was also influenced by French symbolism literature. 19 14 years, Eliot met the American poet pound. After the outbreak of World War I, he came to England and settled in London, where he worked as a teacher and bank clerk. 1922 founded the quarterly literary criticism standard, and served as the editor-in-chief until 1939. 1927 British nationality. Eliot thinks he is a royalist in politics, an English Catholic in religion and a classicist in literature.
Biographical record
1888 Thomas storm Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA on September 26th. He is descended from a noble family in New England. His grandfather, william green Liv Eliot, was the founder of Washington University. From 65438 to 0906, Eliot entered Harvard University to major in philosophy, and also edited and wrote for Harvard Advocates. He completed his undergraduate studies in three years, and then went to Harvard Graduate School, Sorbonne University and Morton College of Oxford University for further study. He finished his doctoral thesis on the British philosopher F.H. Bradley, but failed to return to Harvard University to get his doctorate.
19 14 When he came to Europe, Eliot met ezra pound and established a close literary and personal relationship with him. Eliot also worked in many professions in Europe, including being a formal teacher in a boys' school near Heigert School in London and working as a clerk in the Bank of Royds. From 19 17 to 19 19, he served as the assistant editor of Egoist, joined Fabian and Quinn (hereinafter referred to as Fabian and Fabian) publishing houses, and finally became its chairman.
1927, Eliot became a British citizen and converted to the Anglican Church. He married vivienne Heywood on 19 15, but broke up on 1932; She was imprisoned in a mental hospital from 1930 until her death in 1947. 1957, he married his secretary Valerie Fletcher.
1932, Eliot returned to the United States for the first time after 17 years, and went to Harvard University as "Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry". After finishing his work, he returned to London. In the following 35 years, he won many honors, including the Nobel Prize in Literature, the British Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom, and American President lyndon johnson awarded him the 1964 Absence Award.
Eliot died in London on June 4th, 1965. His ashes were buried in the Anglican Church in East Cook Village, Moset.