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T. S. Eliot

1888–1965 · United States / England · Modern

Born in St. Louis and settled in London, Eliot changed modern poetry with “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and The Waste Land. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. His playful Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats became the musical Cats; his poems published before 1930 are public domain in the US.

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Poems by T. S. Eliot

Poems published before 1930, now in the public domain.

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Frequently asked questions

Are T. S. Eliot’s poems free to read?

Yes. T. S. Eliot’s poems published before 1930 are in the public domain, and you can read 1 of them here.

What are T. S. Eliot’s best-known works?

Prufrock and Other Observations (1917), The Waste Land (1922), Four Quartets (1943).

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