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T.S. Eliot, in full Thomas Stearns Eliot, (born September 26, 1888, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died January 4, 1965, London, England).
American-English poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor, a leader of the Modernist movement in poetry in such works as:
- The Waste Land (1922) and
- Four Quartets (1943).

- The Waste Land, long poem by T.S. Eliot, published in 1922, first in London in The Criterion (October), next in New York City in The Dial (November), and finally in book form, with footnotes by Eliot.
- The 433-line, five-part poem was dedicated to fellow poet Ezra Pound, who helped condense the original manuscript to nearly half its size.
- It was one of the most influential works of the 20th century.
- The Waste Land expresses with great power the disillusionment and disgust of the period after World War I.

Source: Britannica.com